Poetry anthology 2.0 Flashcards
What is the context behind Sonnet 43?
Poet became reclusive after brother died
Married a poet
Strong religious upbringing
What quotes could be used for Sonnet 43? (8)
“how do I love thee?”
“depth and breadth”
“feeling out of sight”
“sun and candlelight”
“purely”
“with my lost saints”
“smiles, tears, of all my life!”
“better after death”
What are the other important stuff to say about Sonnet 43?
Enjambment + inconsistent rhyme scheme shows chaos and desperation to express love
Sonnet - love and passion
What is the context behind London?
Lived in London
Lost faith and religion and critisiced it
What quotes can be used for London? (9)
“chater’d”
“every face I meet”
“marks of weakness, marks of woe”
“every”
“mind-forg’d manacles I hear”
“black’ning church”
“runs in blood down palace walls”
“youthful harlot”
“marriage hearse”
What are the other important stuff to say about London?
Consistent structure and rhyme scheme just like situation in London is consistent
Dark imagery (e.g. “black’ning”, “midnight”)
What is the context behind As Imperceptibly as Grief?
Dickinson was highly reclusive and considered an eccentric
Fascinated by nature
What quotes can be used for As Imperceptibly as Grief? (9)
“grief”
“summer lapsed away”
“imperceptible at last”
“Quietness distilled”
“herself”
“foreign shone”
“courteous, yet harrowing grace”
“without a wing”
“her light escape”
What are the other important stuff to say about As Imperceptibly as Grief?
Lack of full stops - passing of time can’t be stopped or slowed
Dashes - emphasises lengthy process for her, tries to control rapidly passing time
What is the context behind Cozy Apologia?
Auto-biographical poem
Takes time to reflect on her ordinary life during a hurricane
What quotes can be used for Cozy Apologia? (9)
“for Fred”
“this lamp”
“do-it-now-and-take-no-risks”
“worthless boys”
“sweet with a dark and hollow center”
“cussing up a storm”
“content, but fall short of the divine”
“when has the ordinary ever been news?”
“stolen time”
What are the other important stuff to say about Cozy Apologia?
Ordinary structure = ordinary lifestyle
Rhyming couplets = perfection/normalcy
3rd stanza rhyme scheme lost = a bit of chaos in her otherwise normal life
Ornothological imagery = nesting, feelings of safety
Brackets throughout give a conversational tone - casual
When topic goes away from Fred, rhyme scheme stops = Fred necessary to keeping the normalcy and stability in her life
What is the context behind Valentine?
Reminiscent of metaphysical poets - approaching ordinary objects/subbjects in original ways
What quotes can be used for Valentine? (9)
“not a red rose”
“light”
“careful undressing”
“here”
“grief”
“I am trying to be truthful”
“for as long as we are”
“wedding-ring”
“lethal”
What are the other important stuff to say about Valentine?
Pragmatic, controlling tone
Short sentences show deperation and insecurity
Free verse structure - does not follow conventions, just like their relationship
Fragmented speech, repition, enjambment - struggle to communicate
What is the context behind A Wife in London?
Poet very critical of Victorian society and examines social constructs
Poem about Boer War
What quotes can be used for A Wife in London?
“a wife in London”
“tawny vapour”
“waning taper”
“cracks smartly”
“he-has fallen”
“fog hangs thicker”
“his hand whom the worm now knows”
“fresh-firm”
“hoped”
“they would learn”
What are the other important stuff to say about A Wife in London?
Fragmented structure = message takes a while to understand, gets the message in bits
“fallen” vs “worm now knows” - gets more brutal as she sees the reality of the situation
What is the context behind Death of a Naturalist?
Heaney born in 1939 in Northern Ireland
Celebrates beauty of nature
What quotes can be used for Death of a Naturalist? (11)
“death of a naturalist”
“flax and rotted”
“there were dragon-flies”
“but best of all”
“in the shade”
“yellow in sun and brown in rain”
“rank”
“angry frogs”
“invaded”
“mud grenades”
“clutch it”
What are the other important stuff to say about Death of a Naturalist?
View of nature completely changed - innocent, childish views to negative, more realistic ones
Constant use of onomatopoeia (e.g. “croaking”) shows threat and danger
What is the context behind To Autumn?
Romantic poet who appreciated nature
Wrote in 1800s
What quotes can be used for To Autumn? (7)
“to autumn”
“maturing sun”
“bless”
“swell the gourd”
“granary floor”
“with patient look”
“soft-dying”
What are the other important stuff to say about To Autumn?
Vocabulary is rich and sensuous
Poem highlights that autumn coming is good for some animals (“hedge-crickets sing”) and bad for others (“small gnats mourn”)
What is the context behind Dulce?
Killed in action
One of war’s most famous poets
What quotes can be used for Dulce? (11)
“bent double, like old beggars”
“sludge”
“men marched asleep”
“dropping softly behind”
“Gas! Gas! Quick, boys”
“someone”
“guttering, choking, drowning”
“smothering dreams”
“every jolt, the blood”
“my friend”
“desperate glory”
What are the other important stuff to say about Dulce?
Enjambment = sense of chaos, uncontrollability, unpredictibility just like lives of soldiers during war
Title is sarcastic
What is the context behind Ozymandias?
Romantic poet critical of monarchy and religion
What quotes can be used for Ozymandias?
“ozymandias”
“vast and trunkless legs of stone”
“frown”
“sneer of cold command”
“heart that fed”
“king of kings”
“look”
“colossal wreck”
“sands stretch far away”
What are the other important stuff to say about Ozymandias?
Criticism of church and religion - Ozymandias compares himself to god
Poem is sonnet = Ozymandias loves himself
Rhyme scheme is constantly changing just like power
What is the context behind The Prelude?
Love for nature and enthusiast for the ideals of the French Revolution
One of the people marking beginning of romantic movement
What quotes can be used for the Prelude? (8)
“was set”
“visible for many a mile”
“cottage windows”
“twilight blaz’d”
“flew”
“not a voice was idle”
“sent an alien sound”
“melancholy, not unnoticed”
What are the other important stuff to say about The Prelude?
Prelude = piece of music before a performance begins, poem talks about beginning of poet’s life
What are the content similarities between The Prelude and Death of a Naturalist?
Childhood joy, freedom
Beauty of the natural
Looming adulthood
Nothing lasts forever
What are the structure similarities between The Prelude and Death of a Naturalist?
Onomatopoeia (though used for different reasons)
End with more negative tone
What are the content differences between The Prelude and Death of a Naturalist?
Death of a Naturalist is moreso about the loss of innocence in a child than The Prelude
What are the structure differences between The Prelude and Death of a Naturalist
The Prelude - sibilance (sound of skates), enjambment (freedom of children)
Death of a Naturalist - vivid imagery, harsh and brutal images
What content similarities are there between The Manhunt and A Wife in London?
Both about war and the effect of war on love and relationships
Both about wives of men who went to war
What are the structural similarities between The Manhunt and A Wife in London?
Written from the perspecitve of a wife
Mood of anticipation and hope
What are the content differences between The Manhunt and A Wife in London?
In The Manhunt the husband survives but is left with PTSD. In A Wife in London the husband is killed
What are the srtuctural differences between The Manhunt and A Wife in London
The Manhunt written in 1st person, A Wife in London in 3rd person
The Manhunt - enjambment, harsh adjectives mixed with gentle verbs
A Wife in London - military language, onomatopoeia, pathetic fallacy
What are the content similarities between Sonnet 43 and She Walks in Beauty?
Both describe love in really weird and original ways
Both explore the physical and non-physical beauty of the other person
What are the structural similarities between Sonnet 43 and She Walks in Beauty?
Enjambment
1st person
What are the content differences between Sonnet 43 and She Walks in Beauty?
She Walks in Beauty is about a woman that the guy does not know and he’s appreciating her from a distance
Sonnet 43 is about someone she does know and she’s saying all these good things about him from experience - less shallow I guess
What are the structural differences between Sonnet 43 and She Walks in Beauty?
Sonnet 43 has inconsistent rhyme scheme, She Walks in Beauty has consistent rhyme scheme
She Walks in Beauty - sibilance
Sonnet 43 - sonnet, rhetorical question (“how do I love thee?”)
What are the content similarities between London and Living Space?
Bleak picture of the area they live in
What are the structural similarities between London and Living Space?
Dark imagery
Enjambment
What are the content differences between London and Living Space?
London - no hope, no freedom, anti religion
Living Space - hope, religious connotations, fragile humans
What are the structural differences between London and Living Space?
London - consistent structure and rhyme scheme and literally just dark imagery
Living space - inconsistent structure and rhyme scheme, dark imagery mixed in with imagery of faith, holiness, hope and religion
What are the content similarities between To Autumn and As Imperceptibly as Grief?
Nature
Summer passing, turning to Autumn
Talk about effect of summer passing
What are the structural similiarties between To Autumn and As Imperceptibly as Grief?
Lack of full stops
Enjambment
Personification
What are the content differences between To Autumn and As Imperceptibly as Grief?
To Autumn - ode to autumn, talks about effects on animals (both + and -) and is mainly positive about summer passing
As Imperceptibly as Grief - ode to summer, devestation about summer passing
What are the structural differences between To Autumn and As Imperceptibly as Grief?
To Autumn - rich and sensuous vocab, has a rhyme scheme, personification of autumn
As Imperceptibly as Grief - no rhyme scheme, dashes, personification of summer
What are the content similarities between Valentine and Cozy Apologia?
About love and very ordinary love
What are the structural similarities between Valentine and Cozy Apologia?
To the point tone
1st person perspective
Both discuss worthless thing (worthless boys and worthless gifts)
Unique nature of relationships
Enjambment
What are the content differences between Valentine and Cozy Apologia?
Both are ordinary but Valentine tries not to be ordinary while Cozy Apologia likes to be ordinary
What are the structural differences between Valentine and Cozy Apologia?
Valentine - free flowing structure, fragmented speech, repetition, metaphor, no rhyme scheme
Cozy Apologia - ordinary structure, rhyming couplets, conversational tone, ornithological imagery
What are the content similarities between Ozymandias and Hawk Roosting?
Nature is ruthless and powerful
Power and arrogance that comes with it
What are the structural similarities between Ozymandias and Hawk Roosting?
Rhyme scheme constantly changes
Enjambment
What are the content differences between Ozymandias and Hawk Roosting?
Ozymandias talks about death and loss of power while Hawk Roosting uses an actual animal to signify living human power
What are the structural differences between Ozymandias and Hawk Roosting?
Ozymandias - sonnet, iambic pentameter (10 syllables per line give regular sound)
Hawk Roosting - religious imagery (hawk comparing himself to god), personification
