Poetry quotes Flashcards by G xxx | Brainscape

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Key themes in When we two parted?

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Illicit love, separation, regret

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When we two parted

“When we two parted..

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In silence and tears, half broken hearted to sever for years

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When we two parted

“Pale grew…

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thy cheek and cold”

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When we two parted

“They name thee before me….

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/A knell in my ear”

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When we two parted

“After long years….

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How should I greet thee? In silence and tears”

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Key themes in Loves philosophy?

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The nature of romantic love, seduction

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Loves Philosophy

“The fountains mingle with the river and…

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the rivers with the oceans”

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Loves Philosophy

“Law…

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divine”

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Love’s philosophy

“The sunlight….

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clasps the earth”

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Love’s philosophy

“And the moonbeams….

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kiss the sea”

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Love’s philosophy

“What are all these….

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kissings worth, if thou not kiss me?”

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Key themes in Porphyria’s lover?

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Power, control, madness, desire

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What does Porphyria relate to?

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Porphyria is a disease which can cause madness

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Why would a Victorian audience be shocked by Porphyria’s lover?

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Women were expected to be passive and submissive

Victorian society was very concerned with morals and respectability

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Porphyria’s lover

“The sullen wind was soon awake….

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It tore the elm-tops down for spite”

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Porphyria’s lover

“As a shut bud…..

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that holds a bee, I warily open her lids”

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What is repeated within Porphyria’s lover?

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“Mine”

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Porphyria’s lover

“From pride,…..

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and vainer ties dissever”

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Key themes in Sonnet 29?

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Love, Separation

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What type of sonnet was Sonnet 29?

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Petrarchan sonnet - addressed to the loved one

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Sonnet 29

“My thoughts do….

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twine and bud/about thee, as wild vines, about a tree”

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Sonnet 29

“Rather instantly….

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Renew thy presence”

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Porphyria’s lover

“God has….

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not said a word”

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Sonnet 29

“Let these…

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bands of greenery […] Drop heavily down, - burst, shattered, everywhere!”

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What are key themes in Neutral Tones?

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Death of love, regret, loss, memory, negative

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Neutral tones

“The sun was…..

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white, as though chidden of God”

chidden=to scold

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Neutral tones

“That smile on your mouth…

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was the deadest thing”

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Neutral tones

“God…

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cursed sun”

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Neutral tones

“Keen lessons that love…

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deceives and wrings with wrong”

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What are key themes in Letters from Yorkshire?

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Positive
Distance
Seperation
Love as refreshing
Sense of longing
Strong unbreakable connections

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Letters from Yorkshire

“You out there…

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…seeing the seasons / turning”

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Letters from Yorkshire

“Our souls…

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tap out messages across the icy miles”

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Letters from Yorkshire

“Pouring

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air and light into an envelope”

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The Farmer’s bride key themes?

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Madness, Control, Desire, Unrequited love, Nature

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The Farmer’s bride context?

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Mew’s family had history of mental illness

Poem set time of patriarchal society

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The Farmer’s bride

“Little….

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frightened fay”

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The Farmer’s bride

“Sweet as the first wild…

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violets, she, / to her wild self

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The Farmer’s bride

“We chased her…

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flying like a hare”

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Key themes in Walking Away?

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Distance and separation
Family love - protective impulses
Growing acceptance

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Walking away

“Like a satellite…

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wrenched from its orbit, go drifting away”

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Walking away

“Half-fledged…

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thing set free into a wilderness”

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Walking away

“Gnaws…

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at my mind still”

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Walking away

“Love is…

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proved in the letting go”

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Key themes in eden rock?

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Death, parental/family love, memory

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Eden rock

“The sky whitens…

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as if lit by three suns”

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Eden rock

“Her hair…

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the colour of wheat, takes on the light”

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Eden rock

“They…

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beckon to me”

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Eden rock

“Crossing is…

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not as hard as you might think”

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Key themes in Follower?

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Father/Son(Family) relationship/love
Nature
Innocence

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Follower

“His shoulders…

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globed like a full sail shrug”

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Follower

“I stumbled in…

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his hob-nailed wake”

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Follower

“Today, it is my Father…

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who keeps stumbling behind me and will not go away”

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Key themes in Mother any distance?

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Freedom and restriction, growing up, separation

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What form is Mother any distance written in?

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Loose sonnet structure

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Mother any distance

“Anchor.

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Kite”

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Mother any distance

“A hatch that…

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opens to an endless sky, to fall or to fly”

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Mother any distance

“Two floors below…

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your fingers still pinch”

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Key themes in Before you were mine?

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Family love, change, loss

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Before you were mine

One word phrase

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“Marilyn”

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Before you were mine

“my hands in those…

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high-heeled red shoes, relics”

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Before you were mine

“Sparkle…

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and waltz and laugh”

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Before you were mine

“My loud,…

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possessive yell”

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Key themes in Winter swans?

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Nature, commitment, romantic love, reconciliation

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Winter swans

“Silent…

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and apart”

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Winter swans

“Silent and apart/until…

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the swans came”

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Winter swans

“Hands had..

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swum the distance between us”

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Winter swans

“Like a pair…

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of wings settling after flight”

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Key themes in Singh Song?

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Marriage, romance, physical love, rebelling against family

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Singh Song

“but ven nobody in,

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i do di lock”

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Singh Song

“is…

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priceless baby”

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Singh Song

“see stare past…

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di half-price window signs […] brightey moon”

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Singh Song

“Tiny…

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eyes ov a gun”

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Key themes in Climbing my grandfather?

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Memory, family love, childhood, lexical field

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Climbing my grandfather

“Climbing…

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has its dangers”

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Climbing my grandfather

“I decided to do it…

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free, without rope or net”

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Climbing my grandfather

“Where gasping for

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breath, I can only lie watching clouds and birds circle”

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Climbing my grandfather

“knowing/the slow…

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pulse of his good heart”

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How can you compare When We Two Parted and Winter Swans? (Similarities)

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Both have natural imagery, lack of communication (silence)

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How can you compare When We Two Parted and Winter Swans? (Difference)

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Resolution vs no resolution

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How can you compare Love’s philosophy and Winter Swans?(Similarity)

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Urge for physical closeness

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How can you compare Love’s philosophy and Winter Swans?(Differences)

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Love is smooth and easy VS love is hard

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What can you compare When we two parted to?

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Winter Swans

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What can you compare Winter Swans to?

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When we two parted, Neutral tones, Letters from yorkshire

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How can you compare Porphyria’s lover to The Farmers bride?(Similarities)(4)

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Both want control, both think highly of women, male dominance, both have themes of madness

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How can you compare Porphyria’s lover to The Farmers bride?(Differences)

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He gets her VS he doesn’t

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What can you compare Porphyria’s lover with?

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The Farmers Bride

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What can you compare Neutral tones with?

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Winter swans

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How can you compare Neutral tones and Winter Swans? (Differences)

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No hope vs hope of resolution

Relationship doesn’t work out vs it works out

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How to get level 5 poetry?

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Demonstrate elements of exploratory comparison and/or analysis of writer’s methods and /or contexts.

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When we two parted

“Of what I

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feel now. Thy vows are all broken”

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When we two parted

“They know not…

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I knee thee”

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When we two parted

“In secret we met…

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,in silence I grieve”