love Flashcards
valentine evaluative opener
Duffy uses ‘Valentine’ as a vehicle to romanticise the idea of an untraditional relationship, she does this through gifting ordinary objects like an onion as an attempt to step away from materialistic societal standards.
valentine context
Carol Ann Duffey, who identifies as part of the LGBTQ community, is able to view relationships in a different way to how society does, which is clearly demonstrated throughout the poem by her constant criticism on the stereotypical notions of love.
valentine overview
Duffy uses ‘Valentine’ as a vehicle to romanticise the idea of an untraditional relationship, she does this through gifting ordinary objects like an onion as an attempt to step away from materialistic societal standards. Carol Ann Duffey, who identifies as part of the LGBTQ community, is able to view relationships in a different way to how society does, which is clearly demonstrated throughout the poem by her constant criticism on the stereotypical notions of love.
sonnet 43 evaluative opener
Browning uses ‘Sonnet 43’ as a vehicle to celebrate the unfaltering and unconditional love she held for her husband and to express the extent of this love
sonnet 43 context
Having run away and be disowned from her religious family to pursue her relationship, many believe this poem is a love sonnet towards her husband Robert Browning even without directly addressing him.
sonnet 43 overview
Browning uses ‘Sonnet 43’ as a vehicle to celebrate the unfaltering and unconditional love she held for her husband and to express the extent of this love. Having run away and be disowned from her religious family to pursue her relationship, many believe this poem is a love sonnet towards her husband Robert Browning even without directly addressing him.
she walks in beauty evaluative opener
Byron uses ‘She Walks in Beauty’ as a vehicle to commemorate the balance of all aspects of love by acknowledging external and internal beauty.
she walks in beauty context
As a leading figure during the romantic movement of the 19th century, Byron was believed to have written the poem after encountering a beautiful women at a London party and immediately falling in love with her beauty.
cozy apologia evaluative opener
Rita Dove uses ‘Cozy Apologia’ as a vehicle to bring attention to her love for the mundane
cozy apologia context
‘Cozy Apologia’ means ‘a defence of cosiness’, which indicates that she is shielding her comfortable relationship from societal standards, which is seen to be as boring in the contemporary society. Rita Dove utilises mundane day to day objects and ideas to describe the security of her relationship as well as Hurricane Floyd, an event that happened when the poem was set, Dove uses the appearance of the storm to describe and express her distinctive love for her husband, Fred.
cozy apologia overview
Rita Dove uses ‘Cozy Apologia’ as a vehicle to bring attention to her love for the mundane. ‘Cozy Apologia’ means ‘a defence of cosiness’, which indicates that she is shielding her comfortable relationship from societal standards, which is seen to be as boring in the contemporary society. Rita Dove utilises mundane day to day objects and ideas to describe the security of her relationship as well as Hurricane Floyd, an event that happened when the poem was set, Dove uses the appearance of the storm to describe and express her distinctive love for her husband, Fred.
