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Question 1

Who is the speaker and what perspective is the poem from?

Answer 1

A woman reflecting on the destructive process of a break up. Told to the partner

Question 2

What themes are in the poem?

Answer 2

Love, heartbreak, anger, desperation, urgency, time, memory

Question 3

Describe what happens in the poem.

Answer 3

First stanza- Disassociation of her past/self-analysis, relationship forcing a self identity crisis, watching her past memory
Second stanza- Partner has ownership of her, repeated cycle of arguments and complications
Third stanza- Heartbreak, tiredness and desperation as she relies on him for answers
Fourth stanza- Wants love to uphold her, time and love controls her as she self-destructs
Fifth stanza- Time has been lost, they are different people transformed, past selves and present selves are seperated

Question 4

What is the structure of the poem?

Answer 4

Quintet- shows firm structure of the past and irreversability of arguments and actions

Question 5

What techniques are used in the poem?

Answer 5

Imperitive sentences
Personification
Homonym ‘close’
Minor syntaxes