Poems Flashcards
Quotes for loves Philosophy
‘The fountains mingle with the rivers’
‘The mountains clasp together’
Quotes for when we two parted
‘In silence and tears’
‘Half broken hearted to severe for years’
‘A knell in my ear’
‘Colder thy cheek,colder thy kiss’
Quotes for the farmers bride
‘She runned away like a hare on a field’
‘Turned the key upon her fast’
‘I chose a maid to be my bride’
Quotes for winter swans
‘Tipping in unison’
‘Skirted around the lake’
‘Our hands folded over one another settling like a pair of wings after flight’
Quotes for walking away
‘God alone could perfectly’
‘Like a satiellte wrenched from its orbit go drifting away’
What is the structure in the poem when we two parted
Alternate rhyme scheme - shows the distance between them
Enjambment - shows that the pain their feeling and the separation is on going
What imagery is used in loves philosophy and what does it show
Natural imagery is being used and it shows the poet is a romantic
What is the context in farmers bride
The women is being controlled and is in fear of the love and is trying to escape
It is a one sided relationship
The poet is a lesbian
Patriarchal society
What is winter swans?
An extended metaphor
What is the lake used for in winter swans
The lake symbolises the argument in the relationship and how the two lovers skirt around it
What type of love is portrayed in the poem walking away
Parental love
What happens in the poem walking away
The child goes into school the father feels sad and doesn’t want to let go
Context of walking away
Separation
Gaining responsibility
Becoming independent
Growing up
When we two parted has a Symantic field of what?
Grief
Context of loves philosophy
Wants to be loved but she won’t love him - one sided relationship
What is the poem ‘sonnet 29 - I think of thee’
An extended metaphor
What two things show that the poem sonnet 29 is an extended metaphor?
The tree and the vines
Tree: Provider Nature Strong Masculine Life Tall
Vines: Dominant Engulf Powerful Mingle/consume Strangle
Context of sonnet 29
The author had a secret relationship because her father wouldn’t let her love, she began her secret in 1845, she secretly married and flew to Italy
Key themes in sonnet 29 are?
Longing - desire
Intensity - obsession
Celebration - looking up
Quotes for sonnet 29
‘I think of thee!’
‘O, my palm tree!’
‘Set thy trunk all bare’
What language devise does the poet in sonnet 29 use to exaggerate the longing she feels?
Superlatives
