Letters from Yorkshire 💌 Flashcards

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‘In February, _______ his garden, planting ________’.

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‘In February, digging his garden, planting potatoes’.

  • temporal deixis shows the strength of their relationship over time, Aswell as their familiarity with each other because of the colloquial tone that is created.

L= ‘digging’ + ‘planting’ are present contuinous verbs. The use of these verbs suggests the speaker’s partner likes being outdoors + it also suggests he is physically active.

  • In addition to this, these active verbs shows the speaker’s respect for this character- this is because the speaker is addressing them, by presenting them as an active character.

L= alliteration in ‘planting potatoes’ implies this is a regular action for the speaker’s friend, father or loved one.

[ As some people this poem is about the speaker missing her father, about a loved one or a friend].

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‘our souls ___ ___ _________across the icy miles’

Hint: L

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‘our souls tap out messages across the icy miles’

  • their messages link their spiritually + emotionally.

L= alliteration in ‘message’ and ‘miles’. The writer wants to links these words to show that their messages bring them closer, regardless of their physical distance.

  • poem ending with a beautiful metaphor shows how they are not letting themselves become disconnected from each other.
  • ‘icy miles’ would usually be pathetic fallacy to indicate something negative however, Dooley has not allowed it to do so here- this links back to the seasonal change.

C= contextually important because many of Dooley’s poems contain the theme of communication, which could be because of Dooley’s connections around the country.

R= this metaphor allows the reader to feel warmth, because they understand that even though the both of them are miles apart, they are still emotionally + spiritually connected through the letters they write to each other.

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Fill in the gaps and give analysis: ‘Is your life more real _______ ___ ___, ___ ___?’

Hint: L

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‘Is your life more real because you dig, and sow?’

L= use of rhetorical question to show she feels her life is less as it is more disconnected ; he is more connected with nature.

  • However, the use of a rhetorical question also shows the ongoing communication between the characters.
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‘Breaking the ice on a waterbutt’

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L= verb suggests physical activities feel more meaningful for the speaker, than her cerebral activities.

C= contextually important because Dooley was a writer + academic.

L= use of imagery, R= suggests to the reader that the partner has an active job, but he still finds time to write back to her.

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‘Fill in the gaps and give anaylsis: he saw the _____ _______ ______ and came indoors to write to me’

Hint: D

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‘he saw the first lapwings return and came indoors to write to me’

  • lapwings return to the same place to mate every year.

D= On a deeper level, it symbolises that they’ll return to each other + be together again.

  • allusion to springtime, establishes the hopeful tone of the poem, + references to the cycle of nature. This shows how their relationship is firmly planted in a natural appreciation of nature.
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What should you compare Letters from Yorkshire to?

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  • ‘I think of thee’
  • ‘Love’s Philosophy’
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‘It’s not _______, simply how _____ are’.

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‘It’s not romance, simply how things are’.

L= line is end-stopped Aswell as the first two lines of the second stanza.

This emphasises the love letters aren’t conventional, but the fact he wants to tell the speaker about the lapwings, shows his love for her.

  • the sudden change of tone to matter-of-fact tone suggests she is resigned to them being apart
  • But it also contains ambiguity, as there is a reference to ‘it’.

I= Alternatively, the speaker refuses to see the beauty of nature in a romanticised way, because she wants to portray the typical romanticised ideal of nature as normal + real, as this is what she wants for her life. (A daily engagement with nature- in the way she described the man in stanza 1).

I= Additionally, another alternative interpretation is that this is a defensive refusal to acknowledge she is romantically linked with the man.

There is a change from ‘He’ to a much more direct, intimate ‘You’ after this point, which might suggest a change in her ability to measure and control her feelings.

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‘word of that ______ world’

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‘word of that other world’

L= alliteration highlights difference between the urban world the speaker is loving in, and the subject of the poem’s rural surroundings…

C= which is contextually important because throughout her life, Dooley has lived in multiple places throughout her life (she was born in Cornwall, but has lived in: London, Bristol + Yorkshire).

L= enjambement suggests the difference between the speaker’s life and his, is metaphorical (because it’s not a literal other world).

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‘pouring air and light into an envelope’

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‘pouring air and light into an envelope’

L= imagery- suggests his words are like a breath of fresh air, + implies she still feels her own life is stifling.

L= metaphor- shows the joy the both revive from writing letters to each other. Image created of someone pouring air + light into an envelope, suggests that the speaker feels trapped in her urban life.

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‘heartful of ________’

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‘heartful of headlines’

L= alliteration emphasises that although the speaker loves the other character, she also loves her separate life.

D= suggests that they’re technologically connected, even though they’re distanced physically.

R= allows the reader to understand the two of them, are emotionally connected.

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Fill in the gaps about the structure of Letters from Yorkshire: In lines 4 and 5 there is enjambement, just as the ___ flows and _____, like how the _______ also flow.

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In lines 4 and 5 there is enjambement, just as the air flows and pours, like how the stanzas also flow.

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What themes are in Letters from Yorkshire?

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  • love
  • longing
  • distance
  • nature
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Fill in the gaps about the rhyme + rhythm of Letters from Yorkshire: The poem is written in ____ _____, with no _______ metre. This gives the poem an _______, conversational style with its ______ address to ‘you’ (her loved one).

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The poem is written in free verse, with no regular metre. This gives the poem an informed , conversational style with its direct address to ‘you’ (her loved one).

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Fill in the gaps about the structure of Letters from Yorkshire: the poem is written in _____ line tercets, Dooley has chosen this structure instead of _______ because it _______ they’re separated by ________.

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The poem is written in three line tercets, Dooley has chosen this structure instead of couplets because it emphasises they’re separated by distance

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Fill in the gaps about the structure of Letters from Yorkshire: In the middle of the _____ stanza, the ___-________ line emphasises how the speaker feels her work isn’t fulfilling, in contrast to her parter and that how much ________ she thinks ___ work is compared to ____.

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In the middle of the third stanza, the end-stopped line emphasises how the speaker feels her work isn’t fulfilling, in contrast to her parter and that how much meaningful she thinks his work is compared to hers.

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