Poems

Question 1

a) I think of thee! b) The fountains mingle

Answer 1

a) My thoughts do twine and bud about thee, as wild vines, about a tree b) with the river And the rivers with the oceans

Question 2

What are key themes of Sonnet 29?

Answer 2

Absence between lovers, nature and love

Question 3

What are some rhyme patterns of Sonnet 29?

Answer 3

Some rhyme, some half rhyme, irregular rhyme scheme shows irregular ways of love

Question 4

What are some important structural features of Sonnet 29?

Answer 4

Petrarchon Sonnet, old form to show love is timeless. Imperfect Volta - They are not together yet maybe?

Question 5

What are some key themes of Love’s philosophy?

Answer 5

Unrequited love, nature.

Question 6

What is the rhyme scheme of Love’s philosophy?

Answer 6

ABAB rhyme scheme to show coupling

Question 7

What is a structural feature of Love’s philosophy?

Answer 7

Two Stanzas representing a couple

Question 8

a) With silence b) We stood by

Answer 8

a) and tears b) the pond that winter day

Question 9

What are some key themes of When we two parted?

Answer 9

Sadness, Love, Death

Question 10

What are the rhyme patterns of When we two parted?

Answer 10

ABAB rhyme schemes show separation of couple

Question 11

What are some structural features of When we two parted?

Answer 11

Repetition of “ With Silence and tears “ shows continual pain, Enjambment as ideas run from one stanza to next showing his grief

Question 12

What are some Key themes of Neutral tones?

Answer 12

Loss of love, Power of memory

Question 13

What are some Rhyme patterns in Neutral tones?

Answer 13

ABAB rhyme scheme shows his neutral tone

Question 14

What are some important structural features of Neutral tones?

Answer 14

Leaves grey at beginning but greyish at end, memory stronger than reality?

Question 15

a) i wanted to grow b) I decided to

Answer 15

a) up and plough b) do it free without a rope or net

Question 16

What are some Key themes of Follower?

Answer 16

Father-son bond, how time changes relationship

Question 17

What are some rhyme patterns in Follower?

Answer 17

Some rhyme, some not exact rhymes, show that he wanted to be like his father but cannot.

Question 18

What are some important structural features in follower?

Answer 18

Contrast between how Heaney viewed his father as a child and how he views him now

Question 19

What are some key themes of Climbing my grandfather?

Answer 19

Child perspective of older relatives

Question 20

What is the rhyme scheme of Climbing my grandfather?

Answer 20

Irregular rhyme scheme, almost conversational.

Question 21

What are some important structural features of Climbing my grandfather?

Answer 21

One continual Stanza, like a mountain

Question 22

Indoors to write

Answer 22

to me, his knuckles singing

Question 23

What are the key themes of “ Letters from Yorkshire “?

Answer 23

Communication, distance, nature

Question 24

What are some rhyme patterns of “ Letters from Yorkshire “

Answer 24

Irregular, like a conversation

Question 25

What are some important structural features of “ Letters from Yorkshire “?

Answer 25

Stanza breaks - show distance