Lovesong

Question 1

Who wrote lovesong

Answer 1

Ted Hughes

Question 2

When was lovesong published and in what collection

Answer 2

Published 1970 in crow collection

Question 3

What is the theme of lovesong

Answer 3

relationships

Question 4

What is the tone of Lovesong

Answer 4

persistent

Question 5

What is the structure and form of Lovesong

Answer 5

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

Question 6

Quick overview of lovesong

Answer 6

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.

Question 7

Quick context of lovesong

Answer 7

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

Question 8

quick language techniques

Answer 8

“spider bites” - simile adds to previous verses about gnawing