English Literature - Poetry - Quote Memorisation Flashcards
When We Two Parted?
Have you memorised the poem?
Yes
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What portion of the heart is broken?
Half broken hearted
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What did Lady Caroline Lamb call Byron
Mad, bad and dangerous to know
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What is going to happen to their relationship?
‘Sever’
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What is repeated at the second line and penultimate?
‘Silence and tears’
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What are 4 lexical fields/themes in the poem?
Sadness/hopelessness + solitude + betrayal/blame + death + separation/brokenness
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Give a quote showing juxtaposition?
‘Pale grew thy cheek and cold’
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What word shows auditory imagery and connotes death?
‘Knell’
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Which temperature is repeated throughout the poem?
‘Cold/colder thy kiss’ ‘chill’
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What quote shows Byron blaming his partner?
Thy vows are all broken
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What is one quote to do with solitude?
‘Secret we met/share in its shame’
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What word shows that the sadness is so strong it’s physical?
‘Shudder’
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What does ‘long, long [shall I rue thee] ‘ show?
Hopelessness and feeling of eternal suffering
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What is the rhyme scheme?
ABAB
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How many stresses per line are there?
2 stresses
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What is the rhythm of the poem?
Falling
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What is the structure of the poem?
Cyclical
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What is the meter of the poem?
Accentual syllabic
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What two poems is this good to compare to?
Porphyria’s Lover and Neutral Tones
Love’s philosophy
What did the waves do to each other?
‘Waves clasp one another;’
Love’s philosophy
All things are made by what law?
Law divine
Love’s philosophy
What do fountains do with the river?
Fountains mingle with the river
Love’s philosophy
How many lines are there per stanza?
8
Love’s philosophy
What is the meter?
Ballad meter
Love’s philosophy
What does the ABAB rhyme and the 2 stanzas show?
Passion + couple
Love’s philosophy
What is brother and sister compared to in the poem
Sister-flower…(later) brother
Love’s philosophy
What two words show the eternal nature of the longing?
Sunlight and moonbeams
Love’s philosophy
Give 3 words in the semantic field of embrace
‘Mingle’, ‘clasp’, ‘kiss’
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What does each stanza end with?
A rhetorical question
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What is the context of the poem?
Romantic movement
Love’s philosophy
What does monosyllabic show?
‘Why not I with thine?’ Shows simplicity of relationship
Love’s philosophy
What 4 poems could you compare to?
I think of thee, when we two parted and the farmers bride and sing song
