Poetry structure

Question 1

Lady Lazarus

Answer 1

regular tercets with enjambment- imposing structure on chaotic mind
free verse- not set rules like her life

Question 2

Cut

Answer 2

regular quatrains with enjambment- imposing structure on chaotic mind
free verse- not set rules like her life
enjambment- flows like blood, lines cut off and put on next line- cut

Question 3

Ariel

Answer 3

regular tercets with enjambment- imposing structure on chaotic mind
free verse- not set rules like her life
tercets- horse galloping
enjambment- speed of horse

Question 4

Morning Song

Answer 4

regular tercets with enjambment- imposing structure on chaotic mind, trying to put life into the supposedly natural structure of motherhood but hard (enjambment)
free verse- not set rules like her life

Question 5

Daddy

Answer 5

regular cinquians with enjambment- imposing structure on chaotic mind
free verse- not set rules like her life
regular tercets and occasional rhyme and oo sound- childlike, nursery rhyme, longing forefather in childhood, confusion

Question 6

Edge

Answer 6

regular couplets with enjambment- imposing structure on chaotic mind, not riotous but off key, hollow
free verse- not set rules like her life, lack of order, vulnerability

Question 7

Little Red Cap

Answer 7

linear narrative, beginning middle end- fairy tale

Question 8

Queen Kong

Answer 8

non-linear narrative- gorilla trying to fit in to human society but can’t quite get it right, swings backhand forth like gorilla

Question 9

Salome

Answer 9

irregular structure- lack of order in life (“Peter?/Simon? Andrew? John?”)

Question 10

Medusa

Answer 10

isolation of last line- powerful, imperative, double meaning

Question 11

Mrs Lazarus

Answer 11

enjambment- lack of finality

Question 12

Anne Hathaway

Answer 12

sonnet- love and Shakespeare