Structure

Question 1

Excerpt from the Prelude structure + form

Answer 1

• first half focuses on the fun the children have and has a carefree tone
• the second half focuses on nature and has a more serious tone
• blank verse with enjambment creates a rhythm that sounds like natural speech

Question 2

Mametz wood structure + form

Answer 2

• poem is written in tercets (3 line stanzas)
• written in 3rd person so feels distant
• long sentences and enjambment establish a reflective tone
• slow pace and chronological order emphasise the time it takes for the earth to heal

Question 3

Ozymandias structure + form

Answer 3

• poem is a sonnet but doesn’t have regular sonnet rhyme scheme reflecting human power and structure can be destroyed
• uses iambic pentameter but this is disrupted
• the poem ends by describing the enormous desert which shows the statues insignificance

Question 4

Dulce et Decorum est structure + form

Answer 4

• the poem rhymes alternately, mimics marching and relentless slaughter
• enjambment and caesura creates disjointed rhythm
• irregular stanza length and metre adds to uncertainty showing unpredictability of war
• paints a picture of memories of war and explains how they still haunt him.
• direct address and irony at end to put opinion across

Question 5

Afternoons structure + form

Answer 5

• has 3 equal stanzas
• no regular metre which makes the poem feel stilted suggesting a lack of excitement in the mother’s lives
• could be belittling the women or pitying them
• begins with present then goes into the past so reader can contrast their lives to how they were
• final stanza implies nothing will change and there’s no hope for the future

Question 6

To Autumn structure + form

Answer 6

• is an ode to nature
• written in iambic pentameter but it’s rhyme schemes changes
• Keat’s other odes have 10 lines per stanza this has 11 showing the plentiful nature of autumn
• 1st stanza is a celebration of autumn, 2nd stanza he talks to Autumn, 3rd stanza winter comes and he accepts he has no control

Question 7

Hawk Roosting structure + form

Answer 7

• dramatic monologue giving the hawk a voice
• the first person gives the hawk authority, the end stop line shows decision and complete control
• begins with hawk in meditative state, the hawk then talks about god and nature, it ends with a confident statement about the future emphasising it’s power

Question 8

Death of a Naturalist structure + form

Answer 8

• first person reflecting on childhood
• written in blank verse, sounds like conversation
• 1st stanza has childish enthusiasm, 2nd stanza nature is unfamiliar and threatening

Question 9

A wife in London structure + form

Answer 9

• pov of observer giving a detached tone which presents the grief as inevitable
• ABBAB rhyme scheme per stanza broken to show wife can’t comprehend the news
• rhyme suggests inevitability of events
• titles create anticipation and factual description adds to the detached tone

Question 10

Valentine structure + form

Answer 10

• very obscure love poem
• stanzas have irregular length, seems disjointed
• ideas are built up showing layers of an onion and revealing the poem’s message
• tone is both encouraging and confrontational

Question 11

Cozy Apologia structure + form

Answer 11

• written in free verse (conversational)
• rhyming couplets are disrupted in middle perhaps to reflect destruction by storm but then a new ABAB rhyme scheme appears
• 1st stanza cliche of knight in shining armour, 2nd stanza childhood crushes, 3rd stanza happy in normal relationship

Question 12

As Imperceptibly as Grief structure + form

Answer 12

• dashes used to create hesitant pace reflecting her fractured state of mind
• rhythm feels like every day speech making it sound honest
• single stanza shows gradual change no breaks
• becomes more decisive showing acceptance

Question 13

Living space structure + form

Answer 13

• irregular form with stanzas of different lengths and enjambment mirroring chaos in slums
• 1st half describes the unstable buildings, 2nd half shows optimism for future in difficult circumstances

Question 14

She walks in Beauty structure + form

Answer 14

• has regular ABAB rhyme scheme, reflecting the enduring nature of the woman’s beauty and how she balances the qualities
• iambic tetrameter and lots of enjambment showing how overwhelmed he is
• as poem goes on there is less physical appearance and more inner goodness, he thinks her personality is most beautiful

Question 15

The soldier structure + form

Answer 15

• sonnet to England, elevated his emotions and shows how strong they are
• in octave it is how England has enriched his life, in sestet he considers how he will return the gifts given to him by his country
• narrator appeals directly go reader he is confident and then becomes reflective

Question 16

London structure + form

Answer 16

• dramatic monologue, he speaks personally and passionately about the suffering he sees
• ABAB rhyme scheme is unbroken showing relentless suffering and misery or the sound of his feet
• 1st + 2nd stanza there are images of downtrodden, deprived people, 3rd stanza he blames the institutions, 4th stanza returns to the people and the young

Question 17

Sonnet 43 structure + form

Answer 17

• traditional Petrarchan sonnet
• written in iambic pentameter but disrupted with pauses making the speaker sound passionate.
• 1st person gives a personal feel
• octave speaks about the speakers love, sestet then says shell love him after death

Question 18

The Manhunt structure + form

Answer 18

• couplet stanzas with varying length
• starts with rhyme but then breaks down feeling disjointed and broken
• different injuries are in each couplet, further into the soldier’s body. Allows reader to explore his body and mind in the same slow process as his wife