Cozy Apologia

Question 1

What event influences Cozy Apologia

Answer 1

Hurricane Floyd

Question 2

What is the significance of the title Cozy Apologia

Answer 2

The word ‘Apologia’ means ‘a defence’ The title could be ‘A defence of cosiness’

Question 3

Key quotations in Cozy A

Answer 3

-‘I could pick anything and think of you’
‘The chain mail glinting’
‘faxes’ and ‘compact disks’
‘Big bad floyd’
‘I fill this stolen time with you’

Question 4

‘I could pick anything and think of you’ -Cozy A

Answer 4

-The poem is in the first person and is autobiographical

Question 5

-‘The chain mail glinting’ Cosy A

Answer 5

-Has a dreamy tone and is affectionate

Question 6

‘Compact disks’ and ‘faxes’ Cosy A

Answer 6

It is a love poem filled with day to day details.

Question 7

-‘I fill this stolen time with you’ Cosy A

Answer 7

-Final words of the poem, relationship is happy and appreciated, tone is reflective and thoughtful.

-Being content is better than great romance.

Question 8

Structure in Cozy Apologia

Answer 8

-1st stanza, cliched image of knight in shining armour
-2nd stanza reminiscences on her childhood crushes
3rd stanza poem ends with how happy she is with her ordinary life/relationship. Enjambment to emphasise this.

Question 9

Context in Cozy Apologia

Answer 9

-It is set against the arrival of Hurricane Floyd, a powerful storm which hit the east coast of the USA in 1999.

-Rita Dove is American and married to the writer Fred Viebahn.