Nostalgia

Question 1

What perspective is the poem from and who is the speaker?

Answer 1

Third person narrative/ heterodiegetic, poetic voice is seperated from the subject of the poem.

Question 2

What structure does the poem have?

Answer 2

First two stanzas= Nonet
Third stanza= Dizain

Question 3

What themes are present in the poem?

Answer 3

Loss, sadness, memory, place, journey, nostalgia, seasons, childhood, time

Question 4

Describe what happens in the poem

Answer 4

First stanza- The mercenaries leave their home behind, full of nostalgia seen as an ‘illness’, doing it for money, they were hurting
Second stanza- Nostalgia understood in society, missing childhood in their home
Third stanza- Seasons have changed but nostalgia stays the same, the place has stayed the same but they are different people, different identities

Question 5

What techniques are used?

Answer 5

Ambiguous pronouns
Religious imagery
Auditory/gustatory imagery