Easter Monday

Question 1

What was Farjeon communicating about conflict in “Easter Monday”?

Answer 1

Mourning of loved one in war

Impact death in war has on those back home

Question 2

What is the structure used in “Easter Monday”?

Answer 2

Sonnet - associated with love
Volta (10th line) - reflects fragmented/broken nature after loss
Elegy - 2nd stanza change in location & time

Question 3

What are the technique used in “Easter Monday”?

Answer 3

Repetition - “This is the eve”, “It was the eve” - poignant; Thomas’s words ironically true
Pathetic fallacy - “such a lovely morning” - ironic; highlights difference between battlefield & back home
Symbolism - “sowed our earliest seeds”, “The apple-bud was ripe” -reflects friendship in its prime (poignant)

Question 4

What is the rhythm/rhyme used in “Easter Monday”?

Answer 4

Iambic pentameter/enjambment & caesuras - associated with love/reflects raw emotions & feelings of speaker
Free verse - rhyme

Question 5

What is the vocabulary used in “Easter Monday”?

Answer 5

Slang - “munch” - reflects raw emotions (raw)

Tense change - poignant, suggests Thomas’s words ironically true