Links Flashcards
What poems could you link with “When We Two Parted” by Lord Byron and why?
- Walking Away- both are about changing relationships BUT walking away comes to terms with/ accepts it whereas WWTP doesn’t
What poems could you link with “Love’s Philosophy” by Percy Bysshe Shelley and why?
- Porphyria’s Lover- both about longing and desire in relationships BUT love’s philosophy is persuasive and adresses target often whereas in PL, is passive and the woman’s voice is never heard
- Sonnet 29- both use natural imagery as a metaphor for romantic love, are short and intense showing intense emotions of speakers BUT S29 realises the error in her ways and ends in togetherness whereas LP has no turning point and just continues the speaker’s lust, ending in them still not together (rhetorical question shows this)
What poems could you link with “Porphyria’s Lover” by Robert Browning and why?
- Love’s Philosophy- both about longing and desire in relationships BUT love’s philosophy is persuasive and adresses target often whereas in PL, is passive and the woman’s voice is never heard
- Sonnet 29- both about obsessive love BUT S29 gets over it/ reconciles whereas PL acts on obsession and justifies it
- The Farmer’s Bride- both women aren’t given a voice/ are from the male perspective BUT the titles are inverted
What poems could you link with “Sonnet 29: I think of Thee” by Elizabeth Barret Browning and why?
- Singh Song!- both are romantically positive BUT have obstacles to overcome
- Letters From Yorkshire- both show the impact of distance in relationships and use natural + religous imagery BUT in LFY there’s a growing warmth/ passion in the poem but S29 has that from the beginning
- The Farmer’s Bride/ Porphyria’s Lover- both about obsessive love BUT S29 gets over it/ reconciles whereas TFB/ PL acts on obsession and justifies it
- Love’s Philosophy- both use natural imagery as a metaphor for romantic love, are short and intense showing intense emotions of speakers BUT S29 realises the error in her ways and ends in togetherness whereas LP has no turning point and just continues the speaker’s lust, ending in them still not together (rhetorical question shows this)
What poems could you link with “Neutral Tones” by Thomas Hardy and why?
- Winter Swans- both show unhappy relationships through natural imagery BUT winter swans ending is more optimistic than neutral tones
What poems could you link with “The Farmer’s Bride” by Charlotte Mew and why?
- Before You Were Mine- both present possessive relationships BUT TFB is seen as normal in society (natural imagery) at the time whereas BYWM is abnormal in the way we’d usually expect the mother to be possessive over the child not the other way round
- Porphyria’s Lover- both women aren’t given a voice/ are from the male perspective BUT the titles are inverted
- Sonnet 29- both about obsessive love BUT S29 gets over it/ reconciles whereas TFB acts on obsession and justifies it
What poems could you link with “Walking Away” by C. Day Lewis and why?
- Mother, Any Distance- both about growing distance in parent-child relationships BUT different perspectives and walking away shows more closure and acceptance than mother any distance
- When We Two Parted- both are about changing relationships BUT walking away comes to terms with/ accepts it whereas WWTP doesn’t
What poems could you link with “Letters From Yorkshire” by Maura Dooley and why?
- Sonnet 29- both show the impact of distance in relationships and use natural + religous imagery BUT in LFY there’s a growing warmth/ passion in the poem but S29 has that from the beginning
What poems could you link with “Eden Rock” by Charles Causley and why?
- Follower- both are about parent-child relationships with a distance between them (literal or metaphorical) BUT eden rock is more optimistic about the parent than follower
What poems could you link with “Follower” by Seamus Heaney and why?
- Eden Rock- both are about parent-child relationships with a distance between them (literal or metaphorical) BUT eden rock is more optimistic about the parent than follower
- Climbing My Grandfather- both about loving relationships with older relatives BUT in CMB, their relationship grows closer whereas they drift apart in follower
What poems could you link with “Mother, any distance..” by Simon Armitage and why?
- Walking Away- both about growing distance in parent-child relationships BUT different perspectives and walking away shows more closure and acceptance than mother any distance
What poems could you link with “Before You Were Mine” by Carol Ann Duffy and why?
- The Farmer’s Bride- both present possessive relationships BUT TFB is seen as normal in society (natural imagery) at the time whereas BYWM is abnormal in the way we’d usually expect the mother to be possessive over the child not the other way round
What poems could you link with “Winter Swans” by Owen Sheers and why?
- Neutral Tones- both show unhappy relationships through natural imagery BUT winter swans ending is more optimistic than neutral tones
What poems could you link with “Singh Song!” by Daljit Nagra and why?
- Sonnet 29- both are romantically positive BUT have obstacles to overcome
What poems could you link with “Climbing My Grandfather” by Andrew Waterhouse and why?
- Follower- both about loving relationships with older relatives BUT in CMB, their relationship grows closer whereas they drift apart in follower
