Love Poems Flashcards
What is the structure of ‘When We Two Parted’?
Structure=
-8 lines stanza ABAB rhyming scheme= regular rhyme shows Byron is trying to appear unbothered despite being heartbroken
-Cyclical structure= he can’t move on
What is the structure of ‘Neutral Tones?’
Cyclical structure= (pond) the memory still haunts him and ge is repeatedly hurt by love
Irregular rhyming pattern= shows discomfort of couple
Regular ABBA rhyming scheme= speaker takes solace in regularity to deal with the emotions and reflects dullness within relationship
What is the structure of ‘Neutral Tones?’
Cyclical structure= (pond) the memory still haunts him and ge is repeatedly hurt by love
Irregular rhyming pattern= shows discomfort of couple
Regular ABBA rhyming scheme= speaker takes solace in regularity to deal with the emotions and reflects dullness within relationship
What is the structure of ‘Sonnet 29- I think of thee’?
Structure=
Old fashioned Petrarch sonnet= love is timeless
Lambic pentameter= mimics heartbeat showing her growing love
Voltage line 7 early on= eagerness and impatience to be with lover
Cyclical structure
What is the structure of ‘Winter Swans’?
Structure:
Inconsistent form= lack of rhyming scheme shows disjointness between couple at the start of the poem
First 6 stanzas tercets= unbalance
Last stanza is couplet= shows couples reunion
Volta line 7= where the swans enter which is catalyst for positive turning point
Enjambment= continuation of relationship
What is the structure like in ‘Singh Song!’
Structure:
Pace slows down at the end of poem= shows couples intimacy and closeness
No regular rhyming scheme= mimics speakers chaotic nature and makes the poem feel light hearted
Mimics song with verses and chorus= melodic tone
Little punctuation= poem flows in a more confident way
What is the structure in ‘Letters From Yorkshire’?
Structure:
Form is free verse= mimics the letters they use to communicate through
Enjambment= change in seasons
First stanzas= focus on different lives
Last two stanzas= shows deep connection between the two= love can withstand distance
What is the structure like in ‘Loves Philosophy?’
Structure:
Poem is short and tightly written= to be persuasive like he’s saying the simple truth
Regular ABAB rhyming structure apart from half rhyme in each stanza= all of nature’s in harmony except speaker and his loved one (e.g should be rectified)
What is the structure of ‘Porphyria’s Lover’?
Structure:
Dramatic Monologue (poem mirrors speech)
Chronological order and first person = the narrator is a stream of consciousness
ABBAB= suggests steady heartbeat juxtaposing violence and foreshadowing the porphyria’s murder
What is the structure of ‘The Farmers Bride?’
Structure:
Enjambment= distance between the couple
Dramatic Monologue= poet recounts narrative
Iambic pentameter= the speaker is trying to present a sense of normalcy despite failing marriage
6 irregular stanzas= incompatibility of the couple and unbalanced power dynamic
Neutral Tones Quotations?
‘And the sun was white as though Chidden of God’
‘The smile on your mouth was the deadest thing, alive enough to have the strength to die’
‘The keen lesson that love deceives’
‘God Curst son’
‘a pond edged with greyish leaves’
Loves Philosophy Quotations?
‘The fountains mingle with the river’
‘Nothing in this world is single’
‘A law divine’
‘No sister flower shall be forgiven’
‘Sunlight clasps’ ‘Moonbeams kiss’
‘What are all these kissings worth of thou kiss not me’
Porphyria’s Lover Quotations?
‘The sullen wind soon awoke and tore the elm tops down for spite’
‘Let the damp hair fall’
‘Porphyria worshipped me’
‘Three times her little throat around and strangled her’
‘blushing bright beneath my burning kiss’
‘And thus we sit together now’
‘And yet God hasn’t said a word’
Sonnet 29 Quotations?
‘My thoughts do twine and bud’
‘Wild vines about a tree’
‘Renew thy presence
Rustle thy boughs’
‘Set thy trunk all bare’
‘Burst. Shattered. Everywhere!’
‘I do not think of thee I am too near thee’
When We Two Parted Quotations?
‘Pale grew thy cheek and cold’
‘A knell to mine ear’
‘To sever for years’
‘In silence I greive’
‘With silence and tears’
‘Long, long will I rue thee’
Winter Swans Quotations?
‘Two days of rain and then a break’
‘The waterlogged earth gulping for breathe’
‘Like boats righting in rough weather’
‘Porcelain over the stilling water.’
‘I noticed our hands, that had somehow, swam the distance between us’
‘Like a pair of wings settling after flight’
‘Singh Song!’ Quotations?
‘Vee make luv like vee rowing through Putney’
‘Di worst Indian shop on the whole Indian road’
‘Tartan Sari’
‘My Bride’
‘Di milk is out ov date and the bread is always stale’
‘From the stool each night I say, it’s priceless baby-‘
‘Letters from Yorkshire’ Quotations?
‘Come indoors to write to me, his knuckles singing’
‘Heart full of headlines’
‘Feeding words into a blank screen’
‘Pouring air and light into an envelope’
‘Our souls tap out messages across the icy miles’
