Neutral Tones Flashcards
1
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What are Neutral Tone’s themes and comparisons
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Romantic relationship that have end bitterly
Porphyria’s Lover
When we Two Parted
Pessimism
Symbolism of death
Hasn’t come up
2
Q
“____ day”
A
“Winter day”
Pathetic Fallacy, Establishes the sadness and coldness from the start of the poem
3
Q
“Grin of ___”
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Grin of bitterness
Oxymoron
Shows how the speaker is viewing the world through a negative lens
4
Q
The sun was ____
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The sun was white
Colour imagery, Represents the negativity, links to the title neutral tones
5
Q
Neutral Tone’s Structure
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Cyclical Structure, The poem starts and ends “by a pond” representing the stagnant nature of the relationship
The quatrains are in tetrameter and so are faster pace which contrasts the stagnant atmosphere of the poem
