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about/ context of when we two parted

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the poem is about a relationship that has ended but has caused pain and a “broken heart” and he doesn’t appear fully recovered.

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themes of when we two parted

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sad, sombre,bitter. broken relationship and loss

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what poem does when we two parted easily compare with.

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neutral tones

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what quote for when we two parted shows death imagery

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“pale grew thy cheek and cold, colder thy kiss.”

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what two quotes from when we two parted show him blaming the heartbreak on her.

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“why wert thou so dear”
“thy vows are broken”

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what is the structure of when we two parted

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“in silence and tears” is cylinder structure. he still holds on to the feelings of sadness and bitterness despite the relationship being over- he will never recover.

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what is porphyria’s lover about

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this poem is about a relationship between lovers who cannot physically be together due to wealth and social status, and so he decides to kill her in order to keep her forever

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What is farmers bride about?

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this poem is about unfulfilled Victorian marriage partner, and he does not have the typical family ideal he wants

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what are the themes in farmers bride?

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Awquard as he is frustrated and she is scared
unfulfilled love
broken marriage

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what two similes show the Farmer’s bride to be like prey

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“like a little frightened fay”
“we chased her like a hare”

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what quote from farmers bride shows how he desires her

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“oh! my! god! her eyes her hair her hair”

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what is the structure of farmers bride

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irregular rythum and disjointed stanzas . only rhymes when she is alone

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what happens in neutral tones

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the narrator is reminiscing about a day when him and his lover stood by a pond. it’s an unpleasant memory and it’s clear the relationship was failing and coming to an end

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who does the narrator of neutral tones blame for the ending of his relationship

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his lover and her behaviour

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what two quotes from when we two parted shows him blaming his lover for the broken relationship

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“why wert thou so dear”
“thy vows are broken”

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what quote from loves philosophy shows nature kissing and clasping

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“and the sunlight clasps the earth and the moon beams kiss the sea”

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what quote shows loves philosophy using religious imagery and rhetorical questions

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“all things by a law divine… mingle- why not i with thine?

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what quote from porphyria’s lover shows her making the cottage warm

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“she shut the cold out… blaze up and all the cottage warm”

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what quote shows porphiria walking in to the cottage

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“when glided in porphiria”

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what quote from porphirias lover shows that he believes his feelings towards her are reciprocated

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“happy and proud porphiria worshipped me”

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what quote from porphirias lover shows how god is silent after she dies

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“ all night long, we have not stirred and yet. God has not said a word”

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what quote shows porphiria lover killing her

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“three times her little throat around and strangled her”

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what quote from sonnet 29 shows her happieness and her reaction to him

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“drop heavily down- burst shattered, everywhere”

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what quote from sonnet 29 shows how she thinks about him using natural imagery

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“my thoughts do twine and bud about thee as wild vines about a tree”

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what quote from neutral tones shows how her smile is dead (long version)

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“the smile on your face was the deadest thing/ alive enough to have strength to die”

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what quote in neutral tones shows the leaves written about with lots of alliteration

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“a few leaves lay on the starving sod”

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what quote from farmers bride shows how she is happy when men aren’t around

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“play
with birds and rabbits and such as they
so long as men folk keep away”

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what quote from farmers bride shows pathetic fallacy of her smile after she has gotten married

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“like the shut of a winters day her smile went out”

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what quote from winter swans shows the couplet at the end and them being again in harmony

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“like a pair of wings settling after flight”

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what quote from winter swans shows the swans (their relationship) begin to fix

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“like boats righting in rough weather”

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what quote from winter swans shows how many tears were shed during the rough patch of their relationship

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“the clouds had given their all- two days of rain”

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what quote from winter swans compares with the quote from neutral tones “starving sod”

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“waterlogged earth gulping for breath”

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what quote from singh song shows the playful nature of their relationship but also ties to their indian heritage

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“vee share in di chutney after vee have made luv like vee rowing through putney”

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what quote from singh song uses oxymorons to show how his wife is playful but serious

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“eyes of a gun and di tummy of a teddy”

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what quote from the chorus of singh song shows how the shop is bad

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“di worst indian shop in di whole indian road”

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what quote from walking away shows the son as a satellite

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‘like a satellite wrenched from its orbit go drifting away’ (behind a scatter of boys)

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what quote from walking away shows the son as a ‘winged seed’

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‘like a winged seed loosened from its parent stem’

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what quote from walking away shows the fathers realization

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‘and love is proved in the letting go’

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what quote from eden rock shows the three suns

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‘the sky whitens as if lit by three suns’

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what quote from eden rock shows how dying will not be that hard

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‘crossing is not as hard as you might think’

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what quote from eden rock shows him remembering his mothers hair

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‘her hair the colour of wheat takes on the light’

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what quote from follower shows the fathers shoulders

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‘his shoulders globed like a full sail strung… an expert’

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what quote from follower shows the son in his fathers shadow

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‘all i ever did was follow in his broad shadow’

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what quote from the end of follower shows the change of positions

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‘today it is my father who keeps stumbling behind me’

45
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what are three key quotes from follower to embedd

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‘stumbled’ ‘fell’ ‘tripping’

46
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what is a key quote from walking away to embedd

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‘the scorching ordeals’

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what quote from mother, any distance shows the metaphorical umbilical cord

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‘the line still feeding out unreeling years between us’

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what quote from mother, any distance shows the mother still holding on

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‘your fingers still pinch the last one hundredth of an inch’

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what is a key quote from mother, any distance showing metaphorically the mother and her son

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‘anchor kite’

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what quote in before you were mine show how many people admired her mother before

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‘ballroom with the thousand eyes’

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what quote from before you were mine shows how uncoordinated her mothers ghost is

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‘now your ghost clatteres towards me’

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what quote from before you were mine shows how she feels she is a burden to her mother

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‘my loud posessive yell’

53
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what quote from climbing my grandfather shows his good heart

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‘the slow pulse of his good heart’

54
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what quote from climbing my grandfather shows how much the grandfather has been through

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‘earth stained hands’

55
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what oxymoron from climbing my grandfather shows his coldness

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‘warm ice’

56
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whats the full quote for like warm ice

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skin of his finger is smooth and thick
like warm ice.

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