What are some quotes from ‘when we two parted’?
‘in silence and tears’
‘pale grew thy cheek and cold’
‘a knell in mine ear’
‘why wert thou so dear?’
what are some structural features of ‘when we two parted’?
- written in the past, present and future. this shows how he is stuck in his sorrow
- a neat structure and rhyme scheme shows he is trying to control is feelings
- a consistent meter suggests control but it is broken in stanza 1.
what are some quotes from ‘winter swans’?
‘and then a break/ in which we walked’
‘swans came and stopped us’
‘like boats righting in rough weather’
‘we moved on through the afternoon light’
‘like a pair of wings settling’
what are some structural features of ‘winter swans’?
- 6 tercets and one couplet show how there was disharmony in the relationship but they make up in the end.
- the lover is given a voice making it intimate
- it is looking back on the relationship, showing they are in a better place now
what are some quotes from ‘porphyria’s lover’?
‘wind […] did its worst to vex the lake’
‘yellow hair’
‘when glided in Porphyria’
‘Porphyria worshipped me’
‘this time my shoulder bore her head’
what are some structural features of ‘Porphyria’s lover’?
- ABABB rhyme scheme suggests he is trying to control madness
- one long stanza shows lack of control and madness
- it is a flashback (‘and thus we sit together now’)
- enjambment shows lack of control
what are some quotes from ‘walking away’?
‘almost to the day’
‘gnaws at me still’
‘like a satellite/ wrenched from its orbit’
‘like a winged seed loosened from its parent stem’
‘love is proved in the letting go’
what are some structural features of ‘walking away’?
- stanza length shows controlling of feelings
- ABACA rhyme scheme is slightly disjointed yet regular
- enjambment shows and overflow of emotion (‘go drifting away/ behind a scatter of boys’)
what are some quotes from ‘mother, any distance’?
‘unreeling/ the years between us’
‘you at the zero end, me with the spool of tape’
‘Anchor. Kite.’
‘endless sky/ to fall or fly’
what are some structural features of ‘mother, any distance’?
- an extended metaphor of measurement links to distance
- almost a sonnet yet the last line breaks it
- moving from a lower to a higher place (‘climb/ the ladder’)
what are some quotes from ‘climbing my grandfather’?
‘old brogues’ to ‘the summit’
‘like warm ice’
‘I decide to do it free’
‘I discover […] a scar, place my feet gently in the old stitches and move on’
‘climbing has its dangers’
what are some structural features of ‘climbing my grandfather’?
- 1 long stanza shows the continued journey of the discovery
- extended metaphor of the mountain shows adoration
- moving from a low to a high place shows development
what are some quotes from ‘Love’s Philosophy’?
‘fountains mingle with the river’
‘the winds of Heaven mix for ever / with sweet emotion’
‘the mountains kiss high Heaven’
‘why not I with thine?’
‘If thou not kiss me?’
what are some structural features of ‘Love’s Philosophy’?
- repetitive and simple structure suggest the controlling of emotions
- ABAB CDCD rhyme scheme shows a logical argument being put forward
- semantic field of nature used to show togetherness
What are some quotes from ‘Sonnet 29 - I think of thee’?
- ‘my thoughts do twine and bud / About thee, as wild vines about a tree’
- ‘instantly / renew thy presence’
- ‘burst, shattered, everywhere!’
- ‘I do not think of thee - I am too near thee’
what are some structural features of ‘Sonnet 29’?
- conforms to the traditional sonnet form which helps to focus and emphasise the emotions being conveyed.
- the last line subverts the first line, so she now does not need to think as he is around
- extended metaphor suggests her desperation and how her thoughts are the only things she has
what are some key quotes in ‘Neutral Tones’?
- ‘we stood by a pond that winter day’
- ‘a few leaves lay on the starving sod / - they had fallen from ash and were grey’
- ‘the smile on your mouth was the deadest thing / Alive’
- ‘keen lessons that love deceives, / And wrings with wrong, have shaped me’
- ‘a pond with greyish leaves’
what are some structural features of ‘Neutral Tones’?
- an ABBA rhyme scheme shows a cyclical structure and the couple’s fractured relationship
- a cyclical structure of starting and ending at a pond shows he cant move on
- the indentation of the last line on every stanza suggests emptiness and falling or leaving
what are some quotes from ‘Singh Song!’?
- title
- ‘vee share in chapatti / vee share in di chutney’
- ‘above my head high heels tap di ground’
- ‘she effing at my mum’
- ‘tiny eyes ov a gun / and di tummy of a teddy’
- ‘vee cum down whispering stairs / and sit on my silver stool’
- ‘is priceless baby - ‘
what are some structural features of ‘Singh Song!’?
- structured like a song which returns to a chorus. this is similar to how the narrator has to return to his work from his bride
- uses non Standard English to make it personal to the narrator and give him a voice
- Last 8 lines are couplets - showing the intimacy and connection between them
what are some key quotes from ‘follower’?
- ‘his shoulders globed like full sails’
- ‘An expert.’
- semantic field of sailing: ‘sail’, ‘wake’
- ‘I stumbled’ contrasts to the father
- ‘broad shadow’
- ‘tripping, falling, yapping always’
what are some structural features of ‘follower’?
- enjambment (‘a single pluck/ of reigns’)
- ABAB rhyme scheme + 6 quatrains give a sense of the methodical ploughing
- half rhymes suggest that the son cannot follow the father
what are some quotes from ‘before you were mine’?
- ‘marylin.’
- ‘in the ballroom with the thousand eyes’
- ‘the fizzy, movie tomorrows/the right walk home could bring’
- ‘the decade ahead of my loud, possessive yell was the best one, eh?’
- ‘stamping stars’
what are some structural features of ‘before you were mine’?
- four quintets but with free verse suggests the two sides of the mother
- enjambment with endstopped stanzas - suggests the carefree girl then the lack of freedom as a mother
- free verse + 1st person helps to make it intimate as it is addressed to the mother
