Form and Structure

Question 1

When We Two Parted

Answer 1

Almost a shakespearean sonnet with Iambic Pentameter - breaks form showing the untraditional, unconventional love.
Circular structure - emphasises the constant ongoing emotions he feels
Strong ABAB rhyme- emphasises the regularity and continuance of the speakers pain

Question 2

Love’s Philosophy

Answer 2

• Dramatic Monologue- man’s opinion is domineering
• Two 8 line stanzas - balance and mirror each other like a relationship
• 5 assertions about nature then a RQ - repetitive structure reflects repetitive desires
• Alternate rhyme - mixing and mingling
• Feminine and Masculine rhyme - mingling

Question 3

Porphyria’s lover

Answer 3

• Dramatic Monologue- insight into speakers mind and gives speaker control as narrator
• One long stanza- overwhelmed, uncontrollable outburst
• ABABB - b dominates as man dominates, masculine rhyme patriarchal society
• Iambic Tetrameter - shorter than pentameter lack of life and broken at times when speaker loses control

Question 4

Sonnet 29 - I think of thee

Answer 4

• Petrarchan Sonnet - italian and she and browning eloped to italy in 1846. or old sonnet form reflects how timeless their love is
• Volta occurs early which reflects speakers impatience to see her lover

Question 5

Neutral Tones

Answer 5

• Dramatic Monologue
• Romanticism - old form of poetry shows how the speaker is stuck in the past
• Circular Structure - speaker keeps revisiting the memory and can’t escape it

Question 6

Letters from Yorkshire

Answer 6

• Epistolary form - reflects the letters that the couple send each other
• Five tercets- odd number reflect couple plus the obstacle of distance and shows imbalance and imperfect relationship
• Enjambment - closes distance reflecting the letters sent also connotes gently easy interaction between couple
• Free verse - free flowing nature of relationship

Question 7

The Farmer’s Bride

Answer 7

• Dramatic monologue- bride has no voice and emphasises her silence and how she is objectified
• Varying stanza length- unpredictable nature and how the relationship is broken as she is uncontrollable
• Iambic tetrameter - no heartbeat shows lack of love in relationship

Question 8

Walking Away

Answer 8

• Autobiographical Poem - first person narrator talking about personal experiences
• Four Cinquains - controlled structure shows the control the speaker had and still wants to have over the son
• Enjambment- natural flow of life
• ABACA- separation of father and son but still slightly connected. Repetition of A reflects how the memory still affects him.
• Regularity reflects father’s regular and ongoing love

Question 9

Eden Rock

Answer 9

• 6 stanzas -4 quatrains, tightly-controlled structure brings peace and stability
• One line on its own at the end- perfect quatrain broken which reflects imperfect relationship and displays the separation between the speaker and his parents
• ABAB and Half rhyme - separation and broken relationship

Question 10

Follower

Answer 10

• Autobiographical poem as Heaney’s father was a farmer
• Six quatrains - controlled structure reflects fathers neat and skilled work
• first 3 stanzas about father, last 3 about speaker- shows the changing relationship as the son grows up and becomes more independent or reflects how the son follows the father
• Enjambment in first 3 stanzas show fathers ceaseless and skilled work
• ABAB - reflects the son trying to mimic his father
• First 3 stanzas in full rhyme and last 3 in half rhyme - speaker is unable to match his father
• Iambic tetrameter - speeds up rhythm and reflects fathers work

Question 11

Mother, any distance

Answer 11

• Dramatic monologue - shows the speaker’s feelings on his independence
• 3 stanzas varying in line length- unpredictable and uncontrolled nature of relationship and future
• last stanza is different (5 lines instead of 4)- trying to break away like the speaker
• Irregular rhyme scheme and metre - rhyme scheme at start but deteriorated like the mothers control over the son

Question 12

Before you were mine

Answer 12

• Autobiographical poem
• 4 stanzas, 5 lines - tightly controlled structure links to tight control of daughter over mother or the regularity of time passing and the inevitable change in the mother’s life
• Circular Structure - begins and ends with mother on pavement but with different people. Repetition of title in last line reflects how it is impossible to escape the fated role of women

Question 13

Winter Swans

Answer 13

• 7 3 line stanzas (tercets) make each stanza look unbalanced which reflects unbalanced relationship
• uneven line lengths -^^
• final stanza is a rhyming couplet - often used in sonnets and love poetry shows the couple being reunited physically and emotionally
• Enjambment - reflects the flowing and continuous relationship despite difficult times
• irregular metre and rhyme - disjointed relationship
• Rhyming couplet at end shows reconciliation

Question 14

Singh Song!

Answer 14

• Dramatic monologue - allows accent and punglish which gives the reader a voice and expresses his culture
• Like a song with verse and chorus (refrain)- makes the poem lively and energetic
• Irregular stanza pattern which ends with couplets- couplets emphasise the closeness and unity of the couple despite the challenges of culture they face
• Irregular rhyme scheme and metre but occasional full rhyme and half rhyme - playful light hearted comical tone of poem

Question 15

Climbing my Grandfather

Answer 15

• One long stanza & enjambment- visually poem looks strong and solid like a mountain and reflects the speakers long continuous climb with no breaks. Stability reflects the solidity and stability of his grandfather and long length reflects his old age
• Irregular rhyme scheme and metre
• Free verse - the speaker is free climbing which is unpredictable, risky and irregular