The Voice Flashcards
1
Q
Themes
A
Love
Death
Visions
Power
2
Q
Hardy
A
‘Romantics’ influenced
Victorian realism, modernism and classism
Poem reflects grief of his wife
Transitional poet
3
Q
Techniques
A
Rhythm breaks down- reflects fading memories
Assonance ‘faltering forward’- stutter, realisation wife is gone
1st person- personal experience
Negative sharp imagery ‘thorn’- pain of loss
Sibilance, onomatopoeic imitation of wind- mistaken for a voice
