In Romney Marsh

Question 1

context

Answer 1

-poet, playwright, novelist
-inspired by romanticism
-the sublime - how powerful nature can be
-suicide in 1909

Question 2

form

Answer 2

-lyric poem
-abab
-7 quatrains
-iambic tetrameter

Question 3

As I went down to Dymchurch Wall,
I heard the South sing o’er the land
I saw the yellow sunlight fall
On knolls where Norman churches stand

Answer 3

-beginning of journey
-personification - sound of wind is joyful
-sibilance
-sensory descriptions
-place rooted in history

Question 4

A veil of purple vapour flower
And trailed it’s fringe along the Straits;
The upper air like sapphire glowed:
And roses filled Heaven’s central gates.

Answer 4

-semantic field of precious materials
-royal colour symbolism captures majesty and beauty
-as mystical as if it’s the entrance to god’s home
-imagery to emphasise colour of sky

Question 5

As I came up from Dymchurch Wall,
I saw above the Downs’ low crest
The crimson brands of sunset fall,
Flicker and fade from out the West.

Answer 5

-shift in atmosphere - repeated/return to reality
-colour symbolism/metaphor - emphasise beauty of the sun/richness of red

Question 6

Night sank: like flakes of silver fire
The stats in one great shower came down

Answer 6

-metaphor, caesura, simile
-oxymoronic
-metaphor for stars - actually are balls of fire, but look silver
-enjambment places focus on the stars

Question 7

The darkly whinging salt sea drops
Streamed as the waves clashed on the shore;
The beach, with all its organ stops
Pealing again, prolonged the roar.

Answer 7

-sibilance emphasise beauty of the sea glistening in the dark
-onomatopoeia
-intensive metaphor - sums up poem with selection of energy and powerful nature