Letters from Yorkshire Flashcards
Structure
Written in free verse and composed of five stanzas, divided into tercet.
This makes the poem look disjointed which reflects ‘their’ relationship and how they’re disconnected
Effect of the rhetorical question: ‘Is your life more real because you dig and sow?’
Shows how the issue is the centre of what the poems about
Effect of the language used
‘Our souls’ - Makes their connection seem spiritual
What are the structure of the stanzas portrayed as
The first three stanzas show her and the man she is referring to have two completely different lives. Whereas the final two stanzas explains how eventually the two have deep connections.
‘Indoors to write to me..
his knuckles singing.’
‘Pouring air and light..
into an envelope.’
‘Our souls tap out messages..
across the icy miles.’
