provide an ironic counterpoint to those lines' discussion of the speaker's faults

reinforce those lines' description of the beloved's relationship to space and time

mirror the glasses and vases broken by the beloved in the first stanza

present feelings toward the beloved that the speaker rejects at the end of the poem

reinforce the notion that the speaker's beloved cannot cope with the modern world

describe qualities of the speaker's beloved that compensate for shortcomings discussed in other stanzas

affection toward the beloved's cluminess

criticism of the beloved's many shortcomings

distress at imagining the beloved's death

highlight the severity of the beloved's shortcomings

disclose a secret between the speaker and his beloved

echo language typically found in classical poetry

worldly ambitions and private anxieties

fickle personality and basic good-heartedness

physical awkwardness and emotional dexterity

reconsider her rejection of him

join him in a new endeavor

continue being herself