Ae fond kiss Flashcards
Who wrote the poem
Robert burns
What is the structure of the poem
Parallelism
What is the rhyme scheme of the poem
AABBCC
What themes are explored in this poem
• Unattainable love/ barriers to love
• Destructive/ painful love
What type of poet is Robert burns what does that make him a pioneer of?
Romantic poet and a pioneer of the romantic movement
What type of song is the poem considered to be
A Scottish folk song
Who inspired this poem?
Agnes Mclehose
What type of form does the poem possess
Traditional Scottish ballad form
What is the message of the poem
• Promises faithfulness
• Mourns the loss of their lover and the universal feeling of love
What does Ae mean? And what does it signify
Old variant for the ‘an’ and signifies burns Scottish heritage
What figure of speech is used in the following sentence and what does it signify. ‘Ae farewell, and then forever’
Alliteration emphasises the finality of the parting with the lover
What is the structure of the poem
• Three stanzas with eight lines (octaves)
• Each stanza divided into two is a quatrain
•Each quatrain divided into half is a couplet
What is the function of the structure of the poem
• quatrains are an opportunity to look at the many sides of love, regret, loss and an optimistic outlook on life
• Couplets enable two different ideas to emerge
What metre is the poem written in and explain it
• Trochaic metre
• Four stressed beat patterns per line
What is the purpose of the metre used in the poem and give examples
• Creates a calm yet sorrowful tone
• Resonates the end of their relationship
• “Pledge thee”
• Emphasises the emotional state of the speaker
What does the use of caesura symbolise
The speaker deliberately wants to prolong their farewell
What is the function of rhyming couplets in a romantic poem
• Reflects how the words are always in relation to each other
• Placing them together parallels the speaker and their lover’s relationship reflecting their optimism
What major figure of speech is used in stanza 2 and 3 define it and state why it is used
Antithesis
- When two phrases/ clauses with opposite meanings are combined
- Burns uses this to illuminate the speakers emotional turmoil
What are the similarities and differences between Ae fonds kiss and whoso list to hunt
Both speak about immense attraction towards an individual but AFK is more hopeful whereas, who speaks on unrequited love
What are the similarities and differences between AFK and she walks in beauty
Similarities- both cover the subject of impossibility
Differences- in she walks in beauty, the speaker makes no attempt to court the woman
What are the similarities and differences between AFK and remember
Similarities- the idea of memories
differences- Remember focuses on the subject of death whereas in AFK, both the speaker and lover vow to remember each other
