as imperceptibly as grief quotes Flashcards
analyse ‘A_ I____________ a_ G____ T__ S_____ l_____ a____’
‘As Imperceptibly as Grief The Summer lapsed away’ - the narrator establishes a link between summer and grief in the first two lines, this comparison holds throughout the poem — the surface message about summer represents the narrator’s thoughts on grief - quiet passing of seasons - summer (like grief) changes without being noticed
analyse the dashes/‘—‘
the dashes could represent an unstable/fractured state of mind
dashes slow down the pace of the poem — could reflect the slowness of the transition the speaker describes
analyse ‘M______ f______ s____’
‘Morning foreign shone’
- ‘Morning’ symbolises the end of grief, but the fact that it’s ‘foreign’ suggests that it feels strange to leave grief behind
- light imagery highlights the cyclical nature of time, this links to the theme of death in the poem — life and death are part of this natural cycle
analyse the full stop / ‘.’ at the end of the poem in ‘Beautiful.’
thus is the ONLY full stop in the poem. It’s at the very end, which reflects the FINALITY of summer (and grief) having passed. The LAST FOUR LINES have LESS PUNCTUATION than the rest of the poem, giving them a more DECISIVE TONE and suggesting the speaker ACCEPTS the change that has taken place
‘Beautiful’ and ‘Keel’ - half-rhyme - incomplete - to show that with grief part of you will move on but there is still part of you that is grieving
‘Beautiful’ - positive ending shift in mood
analyse the quotes/structure which suggests grief is universal
‘Our’ - first-person plural - includes reader — suggests that the experience of something coming to an end is universal
poem is written using a rhythm that sounds like an everyday speech making the content seem universal (familiar to everyone)
