key points Flashcards
1
Q
Themes
A
- Death - circle of life
- religion
- women/misogyny
- insanity
- religion
-love/lust
-family/relationship
2
Q
Ballad structure
A
narrative poem :
- usually has a tragic ending
- leaps + lingers through significant moments
- written in quatrains
- abcb rhyme scheme & iambic pentameter which links to nursery rhyme
- goes through seasons - circles back to the beginning
3
Q
Significance of seasons
A
Winter - death
Spring - new beginnings/ meeting Anna
Summer - getting married/ warmth
autumn - nature dying like his relationship with Anna