Cozy Apologia Flashcards
Form
Free verse - conversational
Number of syllables in each line varies, reflecting the speakers train of thought
First stanza uses regular rhyming couplets (reflecting a traditional love poem) but it is disrupted in the second stanza to reflect the disorder brought by the hurricanes- ABAB rhyme scheme is established for the last four lines - love prevails
Stanza 2 has lots caesura and enjambement to create a disjointed rhythm which mirrors her thought process
Dedicated to her husband makes it personal along with 1st person narrative
Structure
Person description of her feelings for Fred
Ends describing ordinary, happy relationship
Ending in ‘you’ shows her devotion and her life will hopefully end with him
Humour
tongue-in-cheek tone gives lighthearted mood
Cliché of romantic hero and Cupid’s arrows
Mocking hurricane undermines danger - Fred gives her a sense of safety ‘bunkered’
‘Cussing’ -> colloquial language
‘Nudging’ gentle -> subverts expectations
Stereotypical heroic imagery
Used for humour
‘Any hero’
‘Dappled mare’
‘Silver stirrups’
‘Chain mail glinting’
Big Bad Floyd
Mocking
Safety
do-it-now-and-take-no-risks
Hyphenation exemplifies the urgency of modern communication
Passively highlights her relaxation and enjoyment of her cosy lifestyle
kiss you senseless
Playful tone shows she didn’t take any of these relationships seriously
Were thin as licorice and as chewy
Sweet with a dark and hollow center
Light-hearted and extended metaphor shows that these relationship lacked substance
Gustatory imagery- metaphor for the superficial nature of young relationships
Everyday images of love
Linking her partner to domestic objects emphasises the ordinaryness of the relationship
Realistic
This lamp
The wind-still rain
The glossy blue my pen exudes
Everyday objects make the love seem realistic and in the small things
The fact she can she her love everywhere is a heartwarming image
(Twin desks, computers, hardwood floors):
Ordinary details of their lives contrast the clichés
Twin links them together
Content, but fall short of the Divine
Emphasises love is ordinary and reall
Contrasts with ideal love and the biblical allusion is subverted by contentment with the ordinary
Colloquial phrases
Personal, lighthearted
melancholy (call it blues)
Contrast shows how her and Fred have fun
Use of brackets makes it personal, as if she’s recording her thoughts as she thinks them
the enemy
Delusional images of love
