farmers bride Flashcards

1
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and turned the…

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…key upon her, fast

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2
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out’mong the sheep…

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…she be, they said

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3
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so long as men folk…

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…keep away

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4
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the brown of her- her…

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…eyes, her hair, her hair!

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5
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SMILE

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  • the farmer doesn’t see his own faults- doesn’t take responsibility
  • dialect- humanises him
  • animal imagery- DEHUMANISES her
  • structure changes in the last verse- caesuras- we are worried for the wife- he sounds like he’s going to be forceful
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