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1
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Name the three main points of the poem.

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  1. Focusses more on the sexual lustful side of love
  2. Shows how it can be difficult to not feel love or have lust for your partner
  3. Shows the lovers’ dominance
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Name the four main motifs

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  1. The elements
  2. The moon
  3. The power of the lovers’ names
  4. Love as a gift
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Name the three main themes

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  1. Love
  2. Lust
  3. Nature
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Name the 2 main lexical fields

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  1. Nature
  2. Magic
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How many lines?

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14

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How many stanzas?

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4

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How many quatrains?

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3

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How many couplets

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1

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Is it a sonnet?

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No but it is similar to one- subversion represents the tempestuous (conflicting) nature of love

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Does it have rhyme

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No

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Is it in any specific meter

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No

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Is there an equal number of lines

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No- it is inconsistent- symbolises the chaotic nature of love

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Is there an equal number of lines per stanza

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No

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14
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Is it a stereotypical love poem

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No- it is more lustful than loving

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15
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Does it have much enjambment of caesura

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Yes

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16
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What is its tone

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Erotic and highly charged

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17
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What is the extended metaphor, if there is one?

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Sex

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Does the narrator address the reader as if they are the object of the narrator’s affection

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Yes

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19
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What does the title show

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gives the poem an intimate feel as if the poem is dedicated to just one person

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20
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What does “uninvited” show

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That the person is powerless and unable to control how they feel. They also wouldn’t want to feel this way

21
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What does “too late” show

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That the thoughts are unwelcome

22
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What does “bed” have connotations of

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sex

23
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What does “hard, hard” have connotations of

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Sex and arousal- it is an innuendo used twice for emphasis

24
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What are “like tears” and “like a charm” examples of?

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Similes

25
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What can be said about the simile “like tears”

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Melodramatic and over the top description- emphasises how the speaker feels

26
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What is “soft, salt, on my lips”

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Sibilance- soft sounds. Can also be a snake, so could be signs of evil?

27
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What do they mean by “the sound of its bright syllables”

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The narrator’s love interest’s name- also quite poetic (she is a poet and so was Jackie Kay, presuming it is about Kay)

28
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What does “Like a charm” and “like a spell” have connotations of

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Magic; witchcraft; snakes. Also that she is having something done to her and she is not in control and is not enjoying it.

29
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Why is “Falling in love” powerful

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Acts like a prompt to speaker giving a speech- announces following stanza
It is short
Highlights the importance

30
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What does the oxymoron “glamorous hell” show

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She has a torn vision on lovee

31
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What does “parched heart” show

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The heart is thirsty, longing for something it can’t have. It is dramatic and has an up and down feeling of love like love is a rollercoaster

32
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Why is the simile “like a tiger ready to kill” impactful

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Danger
strong powerful emotions that love makes them feel

33
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Give 3 examples of dark undertones in stanza 2

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“kill”; “flame’s”; “fierce”.

34
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What word is repeated twice in the last line of stanza 2

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“life”

35
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What word contrasts with the third line of stanza 2

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“beautiful”

36
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What does “strolled in” show

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Creates an imagine of someone nonchalant and arrogant

37
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What does the verb “hid” show in the first line of stanza 3

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Tried to avoid falling in love- perhaps scared (from a previous bad experience of it)

38
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What does the premodifying adjective “ordinary” show

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Life was boring before and mundane

39
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What line contrasts with the dramatic images in the poem

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“I hid in my ordinary days, in the long grass of routine, in my camouflage rooms.”

40
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What does camouflage rooms imply

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She is hiding in their house- she is introverted and unsociable

41
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What does sprawled imply

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Not dynamic- shows why the narrator has fallen so hard for them

42
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Wat does staring back from anyone’s face imply

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A level of obsession- so consumed by emotions that they see their lovers’ face everywhere

43
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Give three examples of nature in stanza 3

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Cloud; earth-struck; moon

44
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What connotations does gapes have

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Subtle sexual connotations often associated with an ill fitting blouse. It is an example of a provocative piece of language use

45
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What is seeing a face in a random object called- “from the shape of a cloud”

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Pareidolia

46
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Give an example of bedroom lexis/ lexical field in the last stanza (the couplet)

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lexis: “bedroom”; “bed”;
lexical field: “dream”; “curtains”

47
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What does the last stanza do

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Brings poem to current/ present tense and has a sense of immediacy
Goes from describing emotions to describing actions like a story- from intellectu to re

48
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What does “There you are “ show

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Having their lover infront of them reminds them of their blessing

49
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Why is like a gift powerful

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Sexual
Contrasts from describing them to be like a curse
Unwrap a gift

Carol Ann Duffy: Rapture (1 decks)

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