Eve Of St Agnes

Question 1

Bitter chill, frozen, frosted breath

Answer 1

Cold, deathly, immediate sense of tragedy, inevitability l, pathetic fallacy

Question 2

Ring dove frayed / a dove forlorn and lost with sick or unpruned wing

Answer 2

Literary symbols of freedom and escape, damaged, deathly, entrapment

Question 3

Of fruits and flowers

Answer 3

Poryphro can provide - heroic, noble, tragic hero

Question 4

Plume, tiara, and rich array

Answer 4

High status, tragic hero, grandeur

Question 5

There hide in a closet of such privacy

Answer 5

Voyerism, villainous

Question 6

Unclasps her warmed jewels one by one, loosens her fragment bodice

Answer 6

Sensuality, temptation, exploitation of innocence, vulnerability

Question 7

Elfin storm/arise arise/let us away my love

Answer 7

Sense of urgency, escape, heroic-saving her from oppressive castle OR villainous - stealing her away and leading her into the storm

Question 8

There are no ears to hear, or eyes to see

Answer 8

Everyone in castle is drunk and under spell of elfin storm

Question 9

Upon his knees he sank

Answer 9

Religious connotations- shows extent of his desperation for her