Cozy Apologia Flashcards
How does Dove show the everyday nature of their relationship? Line 1
‘anything and think of you’
Analysis: ‘anything and think of you’
Ordinary language - their relationship is ordinary - she is happy and content with this.
Personal pronouns shows her true feelings
What things does Dove use to describe the ordinality of their relationship
‘anything’
‘lamp’
‘rain’
‘pen exudes’
Analysis: ‘the glossy blue / My pen exudes’
Links her and her husband as they are both writers.
Ordinary things they both love suggest love between them
How does Dove show that she loves Fred as she could have anything
‘I could choose any hero’
Analysis: ‘I could choose any hero’
Archail lover - nowadays you wouldn’t call your lover a hero
Shows she could have anything but she wants her husband. He is central to her. Shows deep devotion
Traditional Images of love Dove shows
‘shooting arrows to the heart’ - Cupid
‘Astride a dappled mare’ - chivalry
‘Chain mail glinting, to set me free’
‘one eye…firm upon the enemy.’
How is the Hurricane presented as less destructive and a welcome distraction
‘a hurricane is nudging up the coast’
Analysis: ‘a hurricane is nudging up the coast’
nudging - makes it seem less destructive and more gentle
Suggests she is welcoming the idea to spend time with her husband
Stanza 2
How does Dove contrast the previous gentle image of the hurricane
‘Big Bad Floyd’
Analysis: ‘Big Bad Floyd’
Reminds of the big bad Wolf - destructive
Juxtaposition of idea to make it still seem less threatening
Analysis Stanza 2
Lots of Caesura - gives a sense of trying to slow down the fast paced world she lives in - foreshadows the same effect of the hurricane which is yet to come
How is the hurricane personified
‘Oddly male’
‘Who brings a host / of daydreams’
Analysis: ‘Oddly male’ (Hurricane)
‘Who brings a host / of daydreams’
Personification of Hurricane
Provides Dove a moment to reflect
How does Dove compare the hurricane to the licorice
‘Sweet with a dark and hollow center.’
Analysis: ‘Sweet with a dark and hollow center.’
Insubstantial and meaningless
It will pass over but you have to enjoy that for now
Analysis : Stanza 3
Personal pronouns
‘you’re’ ‘your’ ‘I’m’ ‘mine’ ‘we’re’ ‘us’ ‘me’ ‘I’ ‘you’
How does Dove show her contentment with the situation
‘We’re content, but fall short of the Divine’
Analysis: ‘We’re content, but fall short of the Divine’
They dont want anything else and are happy with how things are.
Modest emotions - doesn’t want anything to change
Ultimate and idea part of their relationship
Analysis: ‘Who’s satisfied simply with what’s good for us’
Simple pleasures in life - they don’t demand very much
Conversational tone
Final line of the poem
‘I fill this stolen time with you.’
Analysis: ‘I fill this stolen time with you.’
Direct address - her husband fills all of the gaps in her life
