Home Thoughts from Abroad

Question 1

Form

Answer 1

pastoral poetry
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Question 2

themes

Answer 2

homesick, love, england, culture, nature

Question 3

context

Answer 3

poet is homesick traveller longing to be in england; spent a lot of time in italy; met lover in england; nature is magical

Question 4

rhyme scheme

Answer 4

quite irregular but ending with rhyming couplets

Question 5

‘In England - now!’

Answer 5

exclamation mark shows his desperation; he is interrupted by the vibrant image of england

Question 6

‘Oh, to be in England/ Now that April’s there,’

Answer 6

apostrophe- idolises it like a god; april is symbolic of new-life/spring; enjambement - overwhelmed

Question 7

And whoever wakes in England/ Sees, some morning, unaware’

Answer 7

enjambement - overwhelmed that he’s not able to experiment it and that he’s jealous/you appreciate the beauty of England more when you are not there

Question 8

‘While the chaffinch sings in the orchard bough’

Answer 8

assonance of ‘o’ - like circle of life; shows glorious development of life

Question 9

‘Hark, where my blossomed pear-tree in the hedge’

Answer 9

exclamatory biblical reference emphasising beauty of english springtime and how he loves it so much

Question 10

‘The buttercups, the little children’s dower/ -Far brighter than this gaudy melon-flower!’

Answer 10

nostalgic/bringing him happiness even when looking at ugly/overwhelming flower; comparative - comparing buttercups to melon-flower (comparing england to italy); emphasises where he really wants to be and closes poem with positive reinforcement about beauties of england