Themes

Question 1

Intensity - She walks in Beauty

Answer 1

‘She walks in beauty, like the night of cloudless climes and starry skies’

The alliterative ‘cloudless climes’ is a harsh sound, building intensity.

Question 2

Intensity - Sonnet 43

Answer 2

‘I love thee to the depth and breadth and height my soul can reach’

Love is total - the epitome/ peak of the human soul.

Question 3

Intensity - Cozy Apologia

Answer 3

‘Who’s satisfied simply with what’s good for us, when has the ordinary ever been news?

‘ordinary’ is intense as it shows how real the love is.

Question 4

Intensity - Valentine

Answer 4

‘it will blind you with tears like a lover’

‘blind’ - love blinds you at the start
‘tears’ - contradictory to usual valentine message

Question 5

Purity & Impurity - She walks in beauty

Answer 5

‘how pure, how dear their dwelling place’

Question 6

Purity & Impurity - Valentine

Answer 6

‘I am trying to be truthful’

‘It’s scent will cling to your fingers’