Random Poetry Flashcards
Follower
“His shoulders globed like a full sail strung.” - F.
Lexical field of concentration
Porphyria’s lover
Branding
Beneath (active narrator)
“Blushed bright beneath my burning kiss.”
Socially and physically she was above him now it is the other way.
It is cyclical narrative
Walking away
Negative view of independence
“Like a satellite// wrenched from its orbit go drifting away.”
Winter Swans
“Our hands… somehow// swum the distance between us.”
The enjambent shows that there is hope for them to reconcile
Farmer’s bride
“She sleeps up in the attic… alone, poor maid. ‘Tis but a stair//betwixt us.”
The enjambent reflects his madness and obsession of the fact she is so close yet so far away
Mother any distance
“Unreeling // years between us. Anchor. Kite”
The child initiates the distance between them.
Neutral tones
“The smile on your mouth was the deadest thing.”
Oxymoron
Emphasises her lack of feeling towards him
Chose to let their love die
Letters from Yorkshire
“Feeding words onto a blank screen.”
Shows the contrast with their professions - computer
Sounds lifeless and empty
Figurative language creates a contrast between their actions
Eden Rock
“The sky whitens as if lit by three suns.”
Hints at something otherworldly
Congrats with ordinary description in. The first three stanzas
Could be heavenly light
Three suns could symbolise that their family has finally been reunited.
Follower
“His shoulders globed like a full sail strung.”
Assonant long “o” emphasises and exaggerates the broadness of his shoulders.
Simile shows, like ships harnessing the power of the wind, his father harnesses the power of the horses to plough.
Sonnet 29
“And let these these bands of greenery which insphere thee.”
Love is suffocating to the husband
Metaphor for breaking boundaries in relationship
