the going Flashcards
to answer questions in objective to know the poem
1 the poem has a very regular rhyme .write rhyme scheme using stanza 2 as a basis check ans by refing to stanza 6
ababccb
suggest why the poet has chosen not to use a regular metre[rhythm]
he wants to convey the turbulent emotions that posses him where thoughts chase one another i n ones mind in a disaorderd way
in stanzaq one the speaker seems upset with his wife because she ‘
‘left’’ him, without a hint .explain how he feels this way
he feels immense regret with his wife dying and him not even being there and in his emotional state it is as if he is angry becuz the fact cannot be undone
the letter w is repeated six times in lines 5 to 7 and againin lines 10-11 what is the effect of thwe sound have
the w sound reflects all the ‘‘[why’ questions that are oftewn asked in a case of the tradgedy[why me? why yoiu? why now ……,…..]
it is also associated with crying [waaaaaaahhhhhh]
and in that case would convey the feeeling [or sound] of grief
there is a feelinmg of sadness at the speakers inability to reversetime in lines 8-9.Discuss
"”never ““is a final word nthe poet knows that his wifes death is sfinal and becuz she died without them having their last oppurtunity to say goodbye theere is a feeling oif despair that never means never -it cannot be changed or revesed
of what was the speaker unknowing in line 12 ?does this explain why he could malso be unmoved ?
he did not yet know that his wife died earlier that mornin g .he would be unmoved becase he had not yet expeirienced the shock of the news
comment on the metaphor in line 11 and what it conveys about the speakers feelings ?
comment on diction in line 16 ““and think for a breath””
having lost his wife he would see emma in the outline of another person or a gesture or a fleeting facial expression -the resemblance and feeling that it was her would be momentary.-just as long as a breath”“and be gona.but the effect it would have on himmay be to make him catch his breathwith a sigh of dissapointment after realising he had been mistaken -
-it also makes us aware of the finalioty of deAth as breath is associated with life its self
he may be able to catch hhis breath -he br3eathes ;he measures fleeting moments in time by comparing them to a breath -but his wife will never ttake a braeht again
comment on thew use of alleteration anjd rhyme in lines 19-20
the repeated “D” is a heavy dead sound,reminding us of his heavy mood and fiinality of his loss.The rhyme ties together the words”dankness”and “blankness”both of which are sad and dreary”.dankness refersa to something beingcold and damp -like being chilled to the bone -possibly impling the coold dampness of a tomb.AND ‘blankness ‘shows us how the poet viewqs his life in the future without his wifew :dull and monotonous-reminiscent of MACBETHS ‘tomomorow ‘spech wher he contemplated a dreary lonely life stretching out to dooms day
what do you think the poet finds attractive aboyt his wifes appearence and personality refer ton stanza 4
emma sounds like a person filled with vitaliuty if one considers the time in which she livedshe sounds very adventurousbecause women would usually live sheltered lives while she is associated with ‘‘red-veined “” rocks suggesting vitality and a lust for life
she is gracefull[swan necked and also independant becuz she muses and eyes Thomas without letting her feelings show
b4 emmma died it seems tht the relationship[ they had enjoyed became troubled quote 3 phrases from stanza 5that confirm this deterioration.Explain why you have chosen each nof the phrases
“latterly we did not speak”-this suggests that they had drawn apart and had nothing to sya to eachother nm
*“those days are long dead “-refers to an earlier mtime in their relationship
by implying that those days were much better ,but long gone and unlikely to return whereas lately the relatiuonship is rather de3ad
“strive to seek that times renewal “-if they wanted to repeat the past they could not have been happy in the present
explain whgy in line 32 “we might have said “can be described as pognant
it is pognant because they didnot do so then and it is now to late for regrets .if they had renewed their love perhaps he would have fewer regrets abt wht could have been it makes one feel the sadness{pognant is affecting the listener or viewer to
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show how the punctuatuion throughout stanmza suix conveys the emotional state of the speaker
the punctiuation revels emotion {excalmation marks }and short sharp outburstsand incomplete thoughgts thatb are indicative of a disturbed emotional state
Four short sentances in thge first two lines of the stanza .the elipsis in line 39 suugests a thought that is supressed {perhaps being to ghastly to contemplate },the dashes indicate inturrupted thoughts with the inserttion of the thought that not even he could have known the effect her death would have on him
