cozy apologia Flashcards
What quote from the beginning introduces the speaker’s affectionate thoughts about her partner?
“I could pick anything and think of you— / This lamp, the wind-still rain, the glossy blue.”
Dove uses the personal pronoun to indicate her first hand experience with Fred. Use of ‘anything’ demonstrates the fact that anything can draw her back to Fred, highlighting her love for him.
(beginning) Which quote highlights the typical stereotypes of men ?
‘There you’ll be, with furrowed brow and chainmail glinting, to set me free’-
Dove uses the words ‘furrowed brow’ to highlight the typical stereotypes of men and how they are meant to be seen as brave and stoic. The use of the phrase ‘chainmail glinting, to set me free’ illustrates an image of a knight in shining armour. In fairytales, the princess needs a knight to save them. Dove refers to Fred as the knight and how she needs him.
what quote from the middle shifts from the traditional views mentioned in the first stanza?
compact disks And faxes, a do-it-now-and-take-no-risks Event.’ -
She shifts from the traditional views society has on love in the first stanza, to the reality of a relationship in everyday life in the second, bringing emphasis to how relationships can feel rushed in the real world, which is also displayed by the use of the caesura. However, she realises that she still finds comfort in her relationship with Fred.
Which quote in the middle contrasts their love with a hurricane’s disruption?
today a hurricane is nudging up the coast,/oddly male: Big Bad Floyd,
Dove subverts the stereotypes of males as being dangerous and destructive by the downplay of the ‘oddly male: Big Bad Floyd’, by drawing attention to the male name given to the hurricane, which was one of the deadliest hurricanes in US history, she questions if the hurricane can be compared to a male as her relationship with Fred was so gentle and much afar from the nature of a hurricane. She does this by initially describing the hurricane as ‘nudging up the coast’ which is a gentle movement rather than a destructive one.
What quote from the end expresses the grounding simplicity of their love?
‘We’re content, but fall short of the divine’
Dove brings attention to the acceptance that relationships do not need to be excessive and extravagant when mentioning that they are ‘content, but fall short of the divine’. This demonstrates that they do not need to express their love in excessive ways to feel content in their relationship.
Which final quote reflects the domestic, everyday nature of their relationship?
“It’s embarrassing, this happiness— / Who’s satisfied simply with what’s good for us?”
Dove concludes her poem by reflecting how society should be more accepting towards the mundanity of relationships by how society makes her happiness feel ‘embarrassing’ and questions ‘whos satisfied simply with what’s good for us?’, demonstrating how society disapproves simplicity and mistakes it for a lack of true love in relationships.
