Lovesong Flashcards
Who wrote lovesong
Ted Hughes
When was lovesong published and in what collection
Published 1970 in crow collection
What is the theme of lovesong
relationships
What is the tone of Lovesong
persistent
What is the structure and form of Lovesong
Third person narrative incessant pyrrhic metre lack of punctuation past tense sestet no rhyming scheme repetition of he his her to remind us of the subject Omniscient narrator
Quick overview of lovesong
Describes amalgamation of all three women: Carol Orchard, Assia Wevill, Sylvia Plath
The destructive focus of passion much more than its joys
Lovers becoming one another and become their joint desires
They both know that the emotions they are experiencing are limited. At some point, the moment is going to end and they are going to have to go back to the real world.
Quick context of lovesong
Hughes rarely published between 1962-1970 With
no volume until 1970
He married Carol orchard in august 1970
Sylvia Plath bit his cheek first time they met. Diary entry “When he kissed my neck i bit him long and hard on the cheek
quick language techniques
“spider bites” - simile adds to previous verses about gnawing