An Awful Tempest Mashed The Air Flashcards
When was an awful tempest mashed the air wrote
1861
What is the form of an awful tempest mashed the air
A ballad
Glynis Byron points out many of her poems can be sung to the meter of a hymn
What structure is used in an awful tempest mashed the air
3 stanza poem In quatrains with an alternating tetrameter and trimeter with no regular rhyme scheme
What is the theme of an awful tempest mashed the air
Nature
Chaos
Destruction
What is the tone of an awful tempest mashed the air
Evil
Terrified
Apprehensive
What are language techniques in an awful tempest mashed the air
- capitalisation of “tempest” identifies the storm to be a noun/person alluding to the war created by people
- connotation of “mashed” showing strength of the wind causing anthropomorphism further giving the idea that the wind is something man-made
- Gruesome imagery “gaunt and few” showing the clouds being weak and thin alluding to the state that the country is in due to the war - people are emancipated
What are language techniques in an awful tempest mashed the air
- simile “as Of a spectres cloak” showing a sinister dangerous weather, she can’t see out of it or around it, she’s trapped covered in darkness
- anthropomorphism of the animals “the creatures chuckled” showing that even the animals who are born and raised in nature are scared of it they’ve turned to violence and fear as a way to cope with the darkness
- Anaphora “and whistles and shook…” showing the frenzy they’re under, there’s no time to think only act against the storm that’s approaching them, maybe how she feels in relation to those apart of the Cold War,
What are language techniques in an awful tempest mashed the air
- antithesis covering the last stanza as she describes peace and paradise compared to the hidden heaven in the first two stanzas
- further capitalises “monster” alluding to the idea again that the monster is a person and not a metaphorical storm
- symbolism “turned slowly to his native coast” symbolising the end of the war each country is back in its own territory
- “And peace - was Paradise!” Alliteration showing smooth calmness.
Context
The American civil war was during this time 1861-1865 with an estimated death of 620000. Could be a pathetic phalasy of the war.
Her poem is not personal not political however, can be a symbol of the war
This poem is sublime possibly alluding to a war she was watching and not actually taking part in
Can allude go the 1611 Shakespeare play “the tempest” which symbolising an upheaval in the natural order of the universe before the restoration of Gods order- she wrote of Shakespeare “why is any other book needed?”
An over view of an awful tempest mashed the air
This is a poem describing a metaphorical storm in which scared man and nature, however, peace was restored after the storm fled.
