Ae fond kiss

Question 1

Who wrote the poem

Answer 1

Robert burns

Question 2

What is the structure of the poem

Answer 2

Parallelism

Question 3

What is the rhyme scheme of the poem

Answer 3

AABBCC

Question 4

What themes are explored in this poem

Answer 4

• Unattainable love/ barriers to love
• Destructive/ painful love

Question 5

What type of poet is Robert burns what does that make him a pioneer of?

Answer 5

Romantic poet and a pioneer of the romantic movement

Question 6

What type of song is the poem considered to be

Answer 6

A Scottish folk song

Question 7

Who inspired this poem?

Answer 7

Agnes Mclehose

Question 8

What type of form does the poem possess

Answer 8

Traditional Scottish ballad form

Question 9

What is the message of the poem

Answer 9

• Promises faithfulness
• Mourns the loss of their lover and the universal feeling of love

Question 10

What does Ae mean? And what does it signify

Answer 10

Old variant for the ‘an’ and signifies burns Scottish heritage

Question 11

What figure of speech is used in the following sentence and what does it signify. ‘Ae farewell, and then forever’

Answer 11

Alliteration emphasises the finality of the parting with the lover

Question 12

What is the structure of the poem

Answer 12

• Three stanzas with eight lines (octaves)
• Each stanza divided into two is a quatrain
•Each quatrain divided into half is a couplet

Question 13

What is the function of the structure of the poem

Answer 13

• 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

Question 14

What metre is the poem written in and explain it

Answer 14

• Trochaic metre
• Four stressed beat patterns per line

Question 15

What is the purpose of the metre used in the poem and give examples

Answer 15

• Creates a calm yet sorrowful tone
• Resonates the end of their relationship
• “Pledge thee”
• Emphasises the emotional state of the speaker

Question 16

What does the use of caesura symbolise

Answer 16

The speaker deliberately wants to prolong their farewell

Question 17

What is the function of rhyming couplets in a romantic poem

Answer 17

• 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

Question 18

What major figure of speech is used in stanza 2 and 3 define it and state why it is used

Answer 18

Antithesis
- When two phrases/ clauses with opposite meanings are combined
- Burns uses this to illuminate the speakers emotional turmoil

Question 19

What are the similarities and differences between Ae fonds kiss and whoso list to hunt

Answer 19

Both speak about immense attraction towards an individual but AFK is more hopeful whereas, who speaks on unrequited love

Question 20

What are the similarities and differences between AFK and she walks in beauty

Answer 20

Similarities- both cover the subject of impossibility
Differences- in she walks in beauty, the speaker makes no attempt to court the woman

Question 21

What are the similarities and differences between AFK and remember

Answer 21

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