Mrs.Midas Part 1

Question 1

It was late “september”, id just poured a glass of wine, begun

Answer 1

•imagery, sets the scene, a time we would associate with the golden colours of autumn, but also with things coming to an end

Question 2

to “unwind”, while the vegetables cooked. The kitchen

Answer 2

•the language used to describe the scene reflects the mood of mrs.midas as she unwinds

Question 3

filled with the smell of itself, “relaxed”, “its steamy breath”

Answer 3

• ”relaxed”- the language used to describe the scene reflects the mood of mrs midas as she begins to unwind
• ”its steamy breath”- personification of kitchen creates a warm, appealing atmosphere

Question 4

“gently blanching the windows”. So i opened one,

Answer 4

•the language used to describe the scene reflects the mood of mrs.midas as she unwinds

Question 5

then with my fingers “wiped the others glass like a brow”

Answer 5

The references to touching are noticable but are presented subtly in this stanza. She has poured a glass of wine but has noticed the steam on “the others glass” which she “wipes like a brow”, thus also conveying the loving. Likewise the “steam breath” from the stove is “gently blanching the windows

Question 6

He was standing under “the pear tree snapping a twig”

Answer 6

•atmosphere is shattered by this line:connotes something violent. Harsh constanant sounds in the final phrase contrasts with softer constanant and vowel sounds earlier in the stanza.

Question 7

Now the garden was long and the “visibilty poor”, the way

Answer 7

•highlights her disbelief, takes her a while to realise whats going on

Question 8

the “dark of the ground seems to drink the light of the sky,”

Answer 8

•enjambment and personification- sounds omnious , shows life is being drained from them both.

Question 9

but that “twig in his hand was gold”. And then he plucked

Answer 9

•contrast between lack of light in first two lines and brightness of ‘gold twig’ and ‘light bulb’, simile seems unnatural

Question 10

and it sat in his palm “like a light bulb.” “On.”

Answer 10

• contrast between lack of light in first two lines and brightness of ‘gold twig’ and ‘light bulb’, simile seems unnatural
• minor sentence or single word sentence, hr sense has been switched on just like a lightbulb has

Question 11

I thought to myself, “is he putting fairy lights in the tree?”

Answer 11

•shes starting to question whats going on, shes getting suspicious