STRUCTURE

Question 1

To Autumn

Answer 1

11 lines
strophe, antistrophe, epode

Ode - highlights praise of Autumn

Question 2

Mametz Wood

Answer 2

No specific rhyme scheme: poet makes great use of assonance and alliteration to link stanzas through sound

regular 3 line stanzas - reflect neat linear pattern of ploughed field

At times line lengths change showing disrupted pattern
Reflects chits of bone rising out of ground - disrupts attempts to forget past

Question 3

Dulce Et Decorum Est

Answer 3

First 2 stanzas - sonnet form - mocking war - they are going through the trenches and being related with LOVE??
Last 2 - irregular structure

Question 4

Afternoons

Answer 4

Absence of rhyme relates to way the families lives don’t come together
Enjambment between stanzas 2 and 3 suggests mixed process of continuity and change

Question 5

A Wife In London

Answer 5

ABBAB rhyme scheme

Doesn’t have sing song quality of most rhyming - reflects irony as nothing to celebrate now he has died

Question 6

As Imperceptibly as Grief

Answer 6

Poem unpunctuated - lots of dashes to show isolated, syncopated ideas
Although poem impression of collection of dislocated utterances, thought sequence is composed and profound
Speaker never identifies themselves as male or female - shows universal appeal of poem

Question 7

Cozy Apologia

Answer 7

First person narrative

Changing rhyme scheme

Question 8

The Prelude

Answer 8

Part of an Epic Poem - uses ordinary things to fully describe the impact they had on his life
No stanzas - plenty of punctuation - almost like a story