Poetry - Neutral Tones Flashcards
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Context for Neutral Tones
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- Written 1898 by unhappily married Thomas Hardy (1840-1928).
- He was depressed and insecure as his relationships had failed.
- He was heavily influenced by the Romantics.
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Summary of Neutral Tones
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A story of the descent of a relationship and love itself through a person’s deception of their partner.
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Theme Comparisons for Neutral Tones
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Deception - La Belle Dame
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Message of Neutral Tones
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Impact of loss
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Structure and form points for Neutral Tones
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- Cyclical structure - unchanged relationship.
- Uneven rhythm - unsteady emotions.
- First person, recounting the past - reflective and depressed.
- ABBA rhyme scheme sandwiches couplet - like inner emotions in facades.
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Language points for Neutral Tones
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- winter’s day - pathetic fallacy
- starving sod - sibilance, death and despair
- smile was the deadest thing - juxtaposes life and death
- wrings with wrong - love is unkind and romance spoiled.