Night Sweat Flashcards
1
Q
What kind of poem is it
A
CONFESSIONALIST - like a monologue
2
Q
Content
A
Liés alone in bed, mental issues, feels as if he is a burden towards his wife
3
Q
Interpretation
A
Horrifying and nightmare like image of mental health and anxiety
4
Q
F and s
A
Shakespearean and Petrarchan
Couplet line 13 and 14 - impact of burning, false sense of closure
Volta 22 - glimmer of hope is his wife
First quatrain of each half of poem swapped - confusion and disorientation mimicking speaker’s state of mind
