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Betrothal Flashcards

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1
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What type of word is the title ‘betrothal’ ?

A

Archaic word

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2
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What does betrothal mean?

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The act of promising to marry someone

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What does the archaism fit in with?

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The general tone and imagery or the poem which seems divorced from the modern world.

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4
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What number poem is this in the collection?

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22nd poem, marks a point in the relationship when the first RAPTURE past and a commitment is sought

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How is the poem structured?

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Regular and repetitive and simple sing song rhyme

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How is the poem set?

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Split into 3 distinct and equal perks, first 3 use imagery of burial
2nd three drowning
Last 3 fire

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7
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What in this poem is similar to ELEGY?

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The anthesis of love and death

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What does the combined effect of structural features do?

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Create an intense and desperate tone

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9
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What does the first stanza use mostly?

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Repetition and rhyme to create a childlike tone

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What is the first image of ?

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The persona walking through the moors with a spade to dig her own grave

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11
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What tragedy does this poem like to?

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Whuthering heights and hamlet

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12
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What is the idea of the persona becoming a bride incongruous to?

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Her walking over the moors with a spade

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What does stanza 2 and 3 follow through with?

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The same pattern as the first with simple lexis, repetition and rhyme

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What is evident between stanza 2 and 3?

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The desperation because it doesn’t seem compatible with a ‘happy marriage’

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How is ELEGY linked in with the third and second stanza?

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That love is unequal here too but is much more clear here

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How does the poem show that the persona is submissive?

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The first three stanzas begin with ‘yours, brave and good’

  • shows she is promising to conform an old fashioned female
  • creates a paradox because of the gay marriage
17
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What does stanzas 4,5,6 continue from stanza 2,3?

A

The same theme of submission and a willingness to give her life for her lover

18
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What do the first lines mirror?

A

Marriage

19
Q

What is different in stanza 7,8,9?

A

They seem more optimistic

20
Q

What verbs appear celebatory in these stanzas?

A

‘Dance’ and ‘Sing’

21
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What do the verbs ‘blooms’ and ‘blush’ reinforce?

A

An alliteration of plosives has connotations of life rather than death

22
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What does the poem end with?

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With fire burnt out and the persona sees herself as ashes in the jar

23
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What is the marriage ceremony juxtaposed with?

A

Funeral imagery

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