Neutral Tones Flashcards
1
Q
Structure
A
Cyclic
2
Q
Why is it a cyclic structure?
A
Begins and ends by a pond
3
Q
What is the tense?
A
Past moment being described in the present
4
Q
What is the line length?
A
Quatrains (four)
5
Q
How many quatrains are there?
A
4
6
Q
What contrasts the imbalanced nature of the relationship?
A
Regular rhyme scheme
7
Q
What does romanticism suggest? Why is archaic language used?
A
Historical form, stuck in the past
8
Q
How many times is ‘and’ repeated?
A
11
9
Q
We stood by a…
A
Pond that winter day
10
Q
The sun was white…
A
As though chidden of God
11
Q
Your eyes on me were…
A
Eyes that rove
12
Q
The smile on your mouth…
A
Was the deadest thing
13
Q
Like an ominous…
A
Bird
14
Q
God curst…
A
Sun
15
Q
A pond edged with…
A
Grayish leaves
