love and relationships poems Flashcards
when we two parted summary
pain and nostalgia -
heartbroken man reminicissing about his old relationship
Porphyria’s lover summary
pain and nostalgia -
man strangles woman to preserve her beauty and presence
he believes he has done well as god hasn’t shamed him
neutral tones summary
pain and nostalgia -
man, tone of eulogy to death of relationship
natural imagery
loves philosophy summary
distance and desire -
natural imagery
man with dark undertones pleading for his partner to be with him
sonnet 29 - i think of thee summary
distance and desire -
woman obsessed with her partner who isn’t with her
tone of idolization, overbearing/ overwhelming love
letters from yorkshire summary
distance and desire -
ambiguous of paternal/ romantic
woman writing to someone in her past
she believes there is still a connection
the farmers bride summary
conflict and resolution -
man hunting underage wife/ maid
fantasizes about her but she ignores him
winter swans summary
conflict and resolution -
a barrier between a couple
eventually resolved, natural imagery of swans
singh song summary
conflict and resolution -
man rejects traditionality of his indian culture for scottish wife, she distracts him from his work but he is obsessed with her
walking away summary
relationships and conflict -
a father accepting that his son has moved on in life and he has to let him go even tho he still reminisces
before you were mine summary
relationships and conflict -
tone of eulogy as child looks over mothers old relics and memories, possessive and jokes about how they ruined their mothers life
mother, any distance summary
relationships and conflict -
child who either desperately wants away from their mother or is sad about leaving her but either way knows that change needs to come (them moving out)
follower summary
loss and memories -
the relationship dynamic between a father and a son has shifted so the son who used to be a nuisance is now the powerful one and his father is the nuisance
eden rock summary
loss and memories -
son goes to a picnic spot he used to have with his dead parents as he contemplates potential suicide
climbing my grandfather summary
loss and memories -
son uses a semantic field of a mountain to explain how much trust and love he has for his grandfather who was his paternal figure/ stability in his childhood
when we two parted first and last line
“when we two parted
in silence and tears”
“with silence and tears”
porphyria’s lover first and last line
“the rain set early in to-night”
“and yet god has not said a word!”
neutral tones first and last line
“we stood by a pond that winter day”
“and a pond edged with greyish leaves”
loves philosophy first and last line
“the fountains mingle with the river”
“if thou kiss not me?”
sonnet 29 i think of thee first and last line
“i think of thee - my thoughts do twine and bud”
“i do not think of thee - i am too near thee”
letters from yorkshire first and last line
“in february, digging his garden, planting potatoes”
“our souls tap out messages across the icy miles”
the farmers bride first and last line
“three summers since i chose a maid”
“the brown of her - her eyes, her hair, her hair!”
winter swans first and last line
“the clouds had given their all -
two days of rain”
“and folded, one over the other,
like a pair of wings settling after flight.”
singh song! first and last line
“i run just one ov my daddy’s shop”
“is priceless baby -“
walking away first and last line
“it is eighteen years ago, almost to the day”
“and love is proved in the letting go.”
mother, any distance first and last line
“mother, any distance greater than a single span”
“towards a hatch that opens on an endless sky
to fall or fly”
before you were mine first and last line
“i’m ten years away from the corner you laugh on”
“where you sparkle and waltz and laugh before you were mine”
eden rock first and last line
“they are waiting for me somewhere beyond eden rock”
“i had not thought that it would be like this”
follower first and last line
“my father worked with a horse- plough”
“behind me, and will not go away”
climbing my grandfather first and last line
“i decided to do it free, without a rope or net”
“the slow pulse of his good heart.”
when we two parted methods
volta - from sad, nostalgic to blame
semantic field - heartbreak “broken- hearted” “vows are all broken”
rhyme scheme - ABAB regular
porphyria’s lover methods
anaphora - repetition of ‘and’ (links to neutral tones), sense of anticipation/ insanity
rhyme scheme - ABABB - foreshadows unusual events
neutral tones methods
anaphora - ‘and’ links to porphyria’s lover
volta
semantic field - neutral colours “grey” “white”
loves philosophy methods
semantic field - nature “fountains” “rivers” “winds”
volta - performative behaviour -> natural violent desire
repetition - “kiss” “clasp” - violent
sonnet 29 - i think of thee methods
caesura - “-“ - title, all encompassing love
shows women’s dependence on men
letters from yorkshire methods
metaphor - “clearing a path through snow”
natural imagery - “planting potato’s” “dig” “sow”
the farmers bride methods
semantic field - predator -> zoomorphism “chased” “caught” “fetched”
comedic undertone
enforces patriarchal standards - “he”
winter swans methods
volta
natural imagery/ pathetic fallacy - “rain” “clouds” “afternoon light”
tercets -> couplet - lost line at end signifies loss of obstacle
singh song! methods
repetition - “my bride” - shows his awe of her
change in language - signifies culture clash
eden rock methods
volta - reminiscing/ nostalgia -> next steps (death)
isolated line - mirrors his loneliness
biblical/ religious imagery - “three suns” “eden rock”
follower methods
volta - from father being idolised to burden
simile - “his shoulders globed like a full sail strung”
semantic field - precise work “mapping” “exactly” “narrowed” “angled”
climbing my grandfather methods
semantic field - mountain - “rope” “net” “grip”
oxymoron - “warm ice”
imagery of dying - “slow” “birds circle” (like prey)
walking away methods
simile - “like a winged seed loosened from its parents stem” “like a satellite wrenched from its orbit”
animalistic imagery - “half- fledged”
enjabment
mother, any distance methods
semantic field - distance “acres” “prairies” “distance” “single-span”
juxtaposition - “Anchor. Kite”
before you were mine methods
volta - her mothers life before vs after
black humour - “the decade ahead of my loud, possessive yell was the best one, eh?”
semantic field - happiness - “shriek” “laugh”
reference to marilyn monroe
“right walk” (before volta) juxtaposes “wrong pavement” (after)
