Poem Key Themes

Question 1

Death and Suicide: the painful thoughts individuals experience, and contemplate over their decisions

Answer 1

• Cut **
• Edge **
• Suicide off Egg Rock
• Ariel

Question 2

Nature and Decay (or brutality of nature): providing brutal attributes to nature to make herself more vulnerable or she believes nature is against her

Answer 2

• Tulips **
• The Moon and the Yew Tree **
• Spinster
• Wuthering Heights

Question 3

Mental Health: the struggles, psychological turmoil and distress one may experience

Answer 3

• The Moon and the Yew Tree **
• MDPTS **
• Tulips
• Daddy [vulnerability]
• Suicide off Egg Rock
• Wuthering Heights

Question 4

Identity and Self: the overall self-critical view of identity (physically, responsibility and emotionally)

Answer 4

• Face Lift **
• Morning Song **
• Daddy
• Edge
• The Moon and the Yew Tree

Question 5

Violence: accustomed to enduring violence, believes it is natural (suffering from violence or inflicting violence to oneself)

Answer 5

• Daddy **
• Cut **
• Words
• Edge
• Tulips (metaphorical, personified)

Question 6

Darkness: perception of the world is dark, and there is no sign of improvement

Answer 6

• The Moon and the Yew Tree **
• Edge **
• Cut
• Words

Question 7

Tenderness: an impossible attribute, as it leads to enduring responsibilities (either as a mother or person overall)

Answer 7

• Morning Song **
• Spinster **
• You’re

Question 8

Creatures: evoking one’s uncertainty about life or the state they may be in

Answer 8

• Tulips **
• You’re **
• The Bee Meeting

Question 9

Shocking subject/matter/imagery: emphasising her difficulties of enduring life

Answer 9

• Daddy **
• Cut **
• The Bee Meeting
• Words
• Edge

Question 10

Connection of the natural world: one separates themselves from the natural world + being accustomed to their internal thoughts

Answer 10

• The Moon and the Yew Tree **
• MDPTS **

Question 11

Settings/mindscapes: a way to escape the harsh reality of life

Answer 11

• The Moon and the Yew Tree **
• Spinster **