Poem Quotes and Analysis Flashcards
When We Two Parted :
‘In silence and tears, half broken hearted … ‘
‘To sever the years’
Analysis - ‘sever’ = violent and permanent separation
‘Silence’ = secret relationship of she is because she doesn’t care much
‘Tears’ = heartbreak
When We Two Parted :
‘Pale grew they cheek …’
‘And cold, colder thy kiss’
Analysis - ‘cold’ = she is unaffectionate and emotional
When We Two Parted :
‘Thy vows are …’
‘All broken, and light thy fame’
Analysis- her reputation has suffered.
She had an affair an people will gossip about her.
When We Two Parted :
‘Long, long shall I …’
‘Rue thee, too deeply to tell’
Analysis - ‘rue’ = regret
‘Too deeply to tell’ = emotions are too strong to understand (hatred, anger, sadness and bitterness)
When We Two Parted :
‘In secret we met, in silence … ‘
‘I grieve’
Analysis - because of the secrecy he cannot express his pain openly
When We Two Parted :
‘How should I greet thee? …’
‘With silence and tears’
Analysis - repeated = shows he hasn’t moved on from when they Parted (feeling of bitterness)
Love’s Philosophy :
‘The fountains that mingle with the river …’
‘And the river with the ocean’
Analysis - water gets stronger with two things combines ~ a relationship gets stronger with two people combined
Love’s Philosophy:
‘The Winds of Heaven mix …’
‘For ever, with a sweet emotion’
Analysis - personifies natural elements
- he thinks that a relationship with the girl would be good in the eyes of heaven
Love’s philosophy:
‘Nothing in the world is single, all things by a law divine …’
‘In one another’s being mingle - why not I with thine? ‘
Analysis - rhetorical question = trying to persuade the woman
Love’s Philosophy:
And the sunlight slash’s the earth …’
‘And the moonbeams kiss the sea’
Analysis - ‘kiss’ = his focus. His main purpose is to get a kiss
Love’s Philosophy:
‘What are all these kissings …’
‘Worth if thou kiss not me ?’
Analysis - nature’s pairings are worth nothing unless he can unite with his lover
Porphyria’s lover :
‘Murmuring …’
‘How she loved me’
Analysis- that is what he wants but the reason why he kills porphyria is so she can commit to him completely suggesting that it is in his head.
Porphyria’s Lover :
‘ At last I knew …’
‘Porphyria worshipped me’
Analysis - what he wanted
- has been waiting for this and wants to keep a hold of this moment
Porphyria’s Lover :
‘Made my …’
‘ my sheet lie there ‘
Analysis - Porphyria is controlling
- her higher class alllows her to be able to do this. The reference about her gloves suggests her status.
Verb ‘ made ‘ suggests she is active and forces himto submit.
Porphyria’s Lover:
‘Only, this time …’
‘My shoulder bore her head’
Analysis - he wanted to control (compare to when porphyria did the same thing )
- he expects to get control because he is a man although porphyria ks of a higher class than him which may make him feel conflicted about the control he feels he has over her and the relationship.
Sonnet 29 :
‘Wild vines …’
‘About a tree’
Analysis - Browning is the tree
- she always thinks about him
- he is always around her because vines wrap around a tree although he isn’t there physically.
Sonnet 29 :
‘Renew …’
‘Thy presence’
Analysis - ‘renew’ = imperative verb.
- she is becoming patient and can’t wait to see him anymore
Sonnet 29 :
‘Breathe within thy …’
‘Shadow a new air’
Analysis - metaphor
- when he is physically with her she will feel renewed and hopeful. She is willing (& keen perhaps) to be overshadowed by him.
- when he is back and he will in control she will be submissive and passive (gender roles)
Sonnet 29 :
‘I do not think of …’
‘Thee - I am too near thee’
Analysis - once she is with him her thoughts will be unnecessary as he will be with her physically.
- reassures herself that everything will be fine once he gets back and is with her.
Neutral Tones :
‘Grin of …’
‘Bitterness’
Analysis - juxtaposition = feels hurt by her uncaring attitude
Neutral Tones :
‘Since then, keen lessons …’
‘That love deceives’
Analysis - this is what he has learnt from the relationship.
- ‘keen’v sharp. He is still hurt by the relationship and expresses his hurt with a bitter attitude .
- implies that he believes love tricks the lover
Neutral Tones :
‘ God - curst …’
‘Sun’
Analysis - negative description (opposite to sun normally positive)
- draining hope of the relationship
- regrets the relationship
Letters From Yorkshire :
‘ Seeing the …’
‘ seasons turning ‘
Analysis - he is close to nature. Enjoys it despite the hard aspects (shows long distance relationship)
Time passing
Letters From Yorkshire :
‘feeding words onto …’
‘ a blank screen ‘
Analysis - personification
- her work seems lifeless and unrewarding.
- the man’s work is in nature so he experiences a lot more. This implies that’s his work is unpredictable and rewarding , whereas her work is unrewarding because it is predictable
Letters From Yorkshire :
‘ Our souls tap out …’
‘Messages across the icy miles’
Analysis - ‘our’ collective pronoun
- ‘souls two out messages’ connection between their souls remain strong through the letters
The Farmer’s Bride :
‘We chased her, …’
‘Flying like a hard ‘
Analysis - men are predatory
- simile shows she is helpless and vulnerable
- ‘we’ groups vs. individual
The Farmer’s Bride :
‘Turned the key …’
‘Upon her, fast’
Analysis- imprisoned
- ‘fast’ = implies they see her as a danger
- a group had to catch her. This implies that she may be a danger
- but the reader may see sympathy in her and say it is just her way of self defence and her way of trying to escape
The Farmer’s Bride :
‘Sweet as the …’
‘ first wild violets’
Analysis - ‘wild’ refers to her madness
- ‘sweet’ juxtaposes ‘wild’ because she is also described as young and innocent but is also seen as a danger
- she has a relationship with nature but not him . He expects more.
The Farmer’s Bride:
‘But what …’
‘To me ?’
Analysis- wants control over he but questions himself
The Farmer’s Bride:
‘ her eyes, her …’
‘Hair, her hair ! ‘
Analysis - repetition
- exclamation marks no full sentences
Walking Away :
‘ Like a satellite wrenched …’
‘Form its orbit, go drifting away‘
Analysis- simile = being taken away from safety
- ‘drifting’ reflects the gradual process of separation
Walking Away :
‘ half - fledged thing …’
‘ set free into a wilderness’
Analysis - ‘fledged’ = a bird ready to fly
- ‘Half’ = suggests the boy isn’t ready to walk away (father’s point of view)
- ‘set free’ = implies the opportunities that come with independence
- ‘wilderness’ = father’s view of the adult world
Walking Away :
‘ love is proved …’
‘In the letting go’
Analysis - ‘love is proved’ the strength of the father’s love for his son is demonstrated by letting him go and grow up.
- ‘letting go’ it is the right thing to do, but he feels sad about it.
Eden Rock:
‘They are waiting for …’
‘me so where behind Eden Rock’
Analysis - mysterious
- Eden suggests ‘paradise’
- suggests his parents are in heaven
Eden Rock :
‘ the sky whitenes …’
‘ as if lit by three suns’
Analysis - ‘ three suns ‘ trinity and the three members of the family
Eden Rock :
‘Crossing is not as …’
‘ hard as you might think’
Analysis - suggested he thinks it is worth suffering death and seeing his parents or not doing any of that
Follower :
‘An …’
‘Expert’
Analysis - looks up to his father
- wants to be like him
Follower :
‘ I stumbled in his …’
‘ hob - nailed wake ‘
Analysis - struggle to keep up with his father
- ‘hob-nailed wake’ - tries to follow if his example
Follower:
‘But today it is my …’
‘ father who keeps stumbling behind me’
Analysis - he is now ahead and his father is struggling to keep up with him.
- ‘stumbling’ he is old and weak now
Mother, Any Distance :
‘ Anchor…’
‘Kite’
Analysis - ‘anchor’ = mother, ‘kite’ = son
- ‘anchor’ = security, holds him back, Leo’s him grounded
- ‘kite’ = trying to be independent, weak in the wind = danger, relying on the string = relying on the mother
Mother, Any Distance :
‘Climb’ and ….
‘Reach’
Analysis - ‘climb’ son trying to be independent
- ‘reach’ mother trying to keep hold of her son
Mother, Any Distance :
‘Fingertips …’
‘Still pinch ‘
Analysis - mother is reluctant to let her son go
Mother, Any Distance :
‘ an endless sky …’
‘ to fall or fly ’
Analysis - ‘endless sky’ opportunity that comes with independence
- ‘Fall or fly’ alliteration emphasises the contrast. He may thrive to fail without his mother, risk
Before You Were Mine :
‘ my loud … ‘
‘ possessive yell’
Analysis - negative and demanding
- tone changes from youth to mother hood ~ you have to look after someone else and tell the what to do ~ her new responsibilities
- when she was young she had no responsibility
Before You Aere Mine :
‘ my hands in those …’
‘ High-heeled red shoes, relics ’
Analysis - her glamorous life has been taken away by motherhood
- alliteration of ‘r’
Before You Were Mine :
‘ sparkle and waltz …’
‘ and laugh ‘
Analysis- reflects the fun the mother had as a teen which was in the past and also the fun the mother can have with her daughter in the future
Winter Swans :
‘ the clouds had …’
‘ given their all ‘
Analysis - pathetic fallacy ~ ‘clouds’ reflects something bad may have happened (their argument)
Winter Swans :
‘ silent and apart, until …’
‘ the swans came ‘
Analysis - distance and awkwardness after their argument until the swans cam and changed the focus
Winter Swans :
‘ hands swum the distance …’
‘ between us ‘
Analysis - subconscious movement ~ swans guide the couple to make up (its physical and emotional reconciliation)
- ‘swum’ personification l’innesco the swans to the lovers
Winter Swans :
‘ like a pair of wings …’
‘ settling after flight ‘
Analysis - reflects the calm after the uncertainty of the argument
Singh Song :
‘ but ven nobody in …’
‘ I do di lock ‘
Analysis - contrasts to older generation ~ stereotypes- Indians are seen as hardworking whereas he doesn’t really care about work
Singh Song :
‘ my …’
‘Bride’
Analysis - he is possessive of her
- proud that she is his
- he adores her
Singh Song :
‘ tiny eyes …’
‘ ov a gun’
Analysis - metaphor ~ assertive
- she is dangerous and strong and rebellious
Singh Song :
‘ is priceless …’
‘Baby’
Analysis - gender and loving
- she is worth a lot to him ~ could be why he’s so possessive of her
Singh Song :
‘ vee stare past di half-price …’
‘ window signs […] brighter moon’
Analysis - looking from normal, everyday life of the shop to the more romantic image of the moon
- ‘stare past’ desire for something more ~ doesn’t follow the stereotype
Climbing My Grandfather :
‘ I decide to do it free …’
‘ I without rope or net ‘
Analysis - ‘free’ = he has clear memories of his grandfather
Climbing My Grandfather :
‘ glassy ridge ‘ and …
‘ summit ‘
Analysis- fragile to him ~ doesn’t want to remember difficult times
Climbing My Grandfather :
‘ climbing has …’
‘ it’s dangers ‘
Analysis - remembering could be upsetting or he might realise that he has forgotten details
Climbing My Grandfather:
‘ knowing, slow pulse …’
‘ of his good heart ‘
Analysis - remembering has allowed him to know his grandfather. Close and affectionate relationship
