wintering Flashcards
what does the regular rhyme scheme do?
relates it to harmony which contrasts the lack of harmony in the relationship
‘funerals’
imagery of death, death of the relationship
what does the title suggest?
coldness that is reoccuring
state of slumber
part of the seasons
present continuos verb
what does the present continuous verb suggest?
the cycle of seasons
cycle of continuous arguments
what does the enjambment in the first stanza do?
reinforces the bleakness of the relationship > unstopable
what does ‘night clenches’ suggest?
images of anger - bleak state, makes her feel tense
‘moon, a stone’
bleak and lifeless, represents her relationship
‘shroud’
connotations of death > feels dead beneath her clothes
‘gibberish of birds’
mocking her for waiting up all night
‘the garden tenses’
personifications
‘wept its tears’
suggests the idea that the leaves are tears. the trees shed tears.
‘blur’
similie to show partners lack of trust
‘walk on ice;
metaphor to reflect her nervous and fragile state
‘clouds sag’
full of rain > she is collapsing emotionally
‘the wind screams’
personified > reflects her own feelings
