Cozy Apologia Flashcards
Who wrote ‘Cozy Apologia’?
Rita Dove
When was ‘Cozy Apologia’ written?
2004
What is different about ‘Cozy Apologia’ compared to other love poems?
- defence against being comfortable with ‘average’ relationship
What does the rhyme scheme and structure of ‘Cozy Apologia’ symbolise?
harmony of their relationship
What type of poem is ‘Cozy Apologia’?
an ode
Why does Rita Dove feel secure even when there is a Hurricane?
she is comfortable in her relationship and safe
How is a hurricane like passionate love?
comes and goes
What is the rhyme scheme of ‘Cozy Apologia’ like?
rhyming couplets
What is the structure of ‘Cozy Apologia’ like?
three stanzas
all with ten lines
Where does Rita Dove use a cliché in ‘Cozy Apologia’?
1st stanza
When was the Hurricane Floyd?
1999
Where did the Hurricane Floyed affect?
East Coast of USA
Bahamas
How big was Hurricane Floyd?
6th largest recorded
How much damage did Hurricane Floyd cause?
$6.5 billion
How many people died in Hurricane Floyd?
87 people died
What was Rita Dove?
Poet Laureate
Where is Rita Dove from?
America
What did Rita Dove often write about in her poetry?
racial issues
human condition
finish the quote : ‘I could pick…
..anything’
finish the quote : ‘and think…
….of you’
finish the quote : ‘this lamp…
…the wind-still rain’
finish the quote : ‘the glossy blue…
…my pen exudes’
finish the quote : ‘drying matte…
…upon the page’
finish the quote : ‘I could choose…
…any hero’
finish the quote : ‘any cause…
or age’
finish the quote : ‘sure as…
…shooting arrows to the heart’
finish the quote : ‘astride a…
…dappled mare’
finish the quote : ‘legs braced…
…as far apart’
finish the quote : ‘as standing in….
…silver stirrups will allow’
finish the quote : ‘there you’ll..
be’
finish the quote : ‘with…
…furrowed brow’
finish the quote : ‘and chain mail…
…glinting’
finish the quote : ‘to set…
…me free’
finish the quote : ‘one eye…
…smiling’
finish the quote : ‘the other…
…firm upon the enemy’
finish the quote : ‘this…
…post-post modern age’
finish the quote : ‘is all….
…business’
finish the quote : ‘compact disks…
….and faxes’
finish the quote : ‘do it now…
…and take no risks event’
finish the quote : ‘today a hurricane…
…is nudging up the coast’
finish the quote : ‘nudging….
…up the coast’
finish the quote : ‘oddly..
…male’
finish the quote : ‘Big Bad….
…Floyd’
What does Big Bad Floyd sound like?
Big Bad Wolf
What do hurricanes and Big Bad Wolf have in common?
blow your house down!
finish the quote : ‘who brings a…
…host of daydreams’
finish the quote : ‘awkward reminiscences….
….of teenage crushes’
finish the quote : ‘on worthless…
…boys’
finish the quote : ‘whose only talent was…
..to kiss you senseless’
finish the quote : ‘they all had…
..sissy names’
finish the quote : ‘Marcel…
…Percy, Dewey’
What are the three boys called in ‘Cozy Apologia’?
Marcel
Percy
Dewey
finish the quote : ‘were thin as…
…liquorice’
finish the quote : ‘and as…
…chewy’
finish the quote : ‘sweet with a…
…dark and hollow center’
When does Rita Dove use enjambment?
from 2nd stanza into 3rd
‘Floyd’s cussing up a storm’
Why does Rita Dove use enjambment?
blurring of imagination/reflection and reality
finish the quote : ‘Floyd’s…
…cussing up a storm’
finish the quote : ‘you’re bunkered….
…in your Aerie’
finish the quote : ‘I’m perched…
…in mine’
finish the quote : ‘(twin desks….
…computers, hardwood floors)’
finish the quote : ‘we’re content but…
…fall short of the divine’
finish the quote : ‘still it’s embarrassing…
…this happiness’
finish the quote : ‘who’s satisfied simply with….
…what’s good for us’
finish the quote : ‘when has the…
…ordinary ever been news’
finish the quote : ‘and yet…
…because there is nothing else to do’
finish the quote : ‘to keep me from..
…melancholy’
finish the quote : ‘(call it…
…blues)’
finish the quote : ‘I fill this…
….stolen time with you’
What is the significance of the title ‘Cozy Apologia’?
defending ‘mundane’ - she is happy and comfortable
