To My Sister Flashcards
1
Q
Ryme scheme
A
ABAB
2
Q
Beginning
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Opening - It is the first mild day of March
Blessing in the air
Grass in the green field
Sense of joy awakening and new beginnings
3
Q
Content
A
Wordsworth is a romanticist
Sister Dorothy is a serious writer
Comes from a rural background
4
Q
Middle
A
Living calendar - oxymoron
Joyless forms
Shift with juxtaposition where it’s reminding of our time limit on life - negative, compared to the beginning which is positive.
5
Q
End
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They shall be tuned to love - musical imagery
Well give to idleness - lazy, chill, floaty term showing the writer is saying to adopt the mindset of staying happy
- closing sentence
