Browning- Home- Thoughts, from Abroad

Question 1

Oh, to be in England

Answer 1

Boulomaic modality expressing desire, intensified by caesura creating separation
Sense of longing conveyed

Question 2

Now that April’s here

Answer 2

Temporal dexis immerses reader by creating sense of prescence, foregrounds readers

Question 3

In England - now!

Answer 3

Temporal deixis combined with exclamatory and caesura creates sense of immediacy and eagerness
Emphasises distance from England and homesickness

Question 4

And after April, when May follows

Answer 4

Verb ‘follows’ convey easy sense of time
Temporal proper nouns highlight timespan
Connotations of spring, rebirth, freshness

Question 5

The first fine careless rapture!

Answer 5

Religious imagery gives heavenly quality to reflect phycial distance
Fricatives creates soft, relaxed sound

Question 6

All will be gay when noontide wakes anew

Answer 6

Strong epistemic modality shows certainty of England’s superiority

Question 7

-Far brighter than this gaudy melon-flower!

Answer 7

Metonym for Italy creates unflattering image and juxtaposes England
Emphasises longing

Question 8

Rhythm

Answer 8

Trochaic tetrameter is unregular, feels incomplete
Emphasises incompletion by not being in England