Letters From Yorkshire Flashcards

1
Q

Why are tercets used?

A

To represent the 3 elements- him her and the letter/ three months per season

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2
Q

What does the rule of 3 enforce?

A

Messages and memories- consistent

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3
Q

Why are there an odd number of lines?

A

Imbalance, unresolved, disconnected

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4
Q

How does stanza 2 shift?

A

It moves from outdoors to indoors cold to warm

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5
Q

Why is there enjambment?

A

Stops and starts, urban life

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6
Q

Why is there free verse?

A

No rhythm or rhyme, lack of cohesion

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7
Q

Why is there no end rhyme?

A

Lack of unity

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8
Q

In February, digging in his garden…

A

Planting potatoes

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9
Q

He saw the first…

A

Lapwings return

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10
Q

It’s not…

A

Romance

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11
Q

My heartful of…

A

Headlines

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12
Q

Feeding words onto a…

A

Blank screen

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13
Q

Breaking…

A

Ice

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14
Q

Clearing a path through…

A

Snow

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15
Q

It’s you who sends me word of that…

A

Other world

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16
Q

Pouring air and light…

A

Into an envelope

17
Q

Watching the same news…

A

In different houses

18
Q

Our souls tap out…

A

Messages across the icy miles