Letters From Yorkshire

Question 1

Author:

Answer 1

Dooley

Question 2

‘Feeding words onto a blank screen’

• DISTANCE
• DESIRE AND LONGING

Answer 2

‘Feeding words’ - suggest narrator’s work seems artificial compared to his closeness to nature.
The computer shows the contrast between their lifestyles and professions. ‘Blank screen’ sounds lifeless and empty compared to his ‘singing’ knuckles - close to ‘stinging’ (as they’re so cold and uncomfortable).

Question 3

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

• NATURE
• DESIRE AND LONGING

Answer 3

The reference to ‘dig and sow’ suggests that the spiritual aspects of growing and cultivating link to renewal and regeneration.

Question 4

‘Pouring air and light into an envelope’

• DISTANCE
• ADMIRATION

Answer 4

‘Pouring’ brings to mind something free-flowing and abundant, a lavish description of their close relationship.
‘Air and light’ is a metaphor that represents the joy that the relationship brings her and narrator sees news as fresh.
Envelope is limiting, contrasting with the light and air, encapsulating the emotions and compressing them into something tangible.

Question 5

Compare with:

Answer 5

Follower - admiration for someone who’s life is connected to nature, longing to be like them
Sonnet 29 - impact of distance on relationships