The Farmers Bride Flashcards
Why does the poem have a dramatic monologue
Helps give a poem a strong Rhythm which drives the narrative forward without becoming predictable
What’s the affect of it all just coming from the farmers viice
Wife has no voice and so the story could be bias
His information allows the readers to makes judgements and see if there is actual sympathy
What do the first 2 stanza say and what does it tell us after these stanzas
The marriage was failing in first 2 stanzas
Then discusses how his wife is now and how he feels towards her
How does the poem create a natural rhythm sounding like speech
There are uneven line lengths and lack of a regular rhyme scheme
How does the pace of the poem increase and what does this do
There are rhyming couplets triplets and quatrains which makes it feel as though it is rushing towards an inevitable conclusion
How does the final stanza draw attention to the farmers loss of control
Caesurae breaks down the rhythm ‘the brown of her - her hair’
Monosyllabic words ‘oh!my!god!’
How is the Voice in the poem portrayed
Dialect words and non standard grammar which creates an authentic voice for the farmer
‘Abed’ and ‘she runned away’
It also helps us picture the people
What is some history about charlotte mew
Give some over context
She was thought to be homosexual which want accepted in her time - explain her frustration
Farming community marriages were often arranged
Give some comparisons to other poems
Porphyrias lover and loves philosophy»_space; physical desire
Neutral tones»_space; emotional distance
Sonnet 29»_space; physical distance
How is the wife linked to nature
Though natural imagery she is described as prey ‘but like a mouse’
This shows her venerability and and how the farmer is going to hunt her
What is the wife described as
Quite animal like wife
‘Soft young down of her hair’
What themes are in the poem
Desire
Distance
Nature
Destructive love
Give some quotes to show destructive love
Oh! My god!
Shiver and scare
In the last stanza it shows how»_space;
He’s struggling to control his love for her and his growing frustration
‘The brown/brown of her - her eyes, her hair, her hair’
How is nature, as a theme, brought into the play about the wife
She’s described as being part of nature and how she has withdrawn from the human world
‘Afraid of all things human’
She also connects with nature which makes the farmer attracted but also jealous to her
Compared to small prey animals ‘like a hare’
‘Shy as a leveret’»_space; suggested as a predator
What are the messages mew is trying to convey
Women’s rights in society and the bride is symbolic of women in society under reign of men
