farmers bride Flashcards
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what is the farmers bride about
uses dark imagery and a first hand narrator to tell teh tale of a farmers bride who attempts to run away but is unsuccesful
- paints sisniter picture of how over the years females have been subjected to objectification by their husbands to their point where they become bjects rather than real people.
farmers bride context
- She wrote about repression, mental instability, and society’s expectations, especially for women.
- her siblings suffered mental health issues and she had a deep rooted fear that marriage would lead to mental health issues
what quotes subjectification of women in the farmers bride
“chose a maid”
“her hair!”
“the farmers bride”
“Too young maybe – but more’s to do / At harvest-time than bide and woo.”
analysis “ chose a maid”
- verb “chose” shows the immense power he holds compared to his wife
the word “ maid” depersonalises her and takes away her qualities that make her a individual person
“her hair!”
- uses a possessive pronoun that emphasises her objectification, reducing her of any features and ridding her of humanity
“Too young maybe – but more’s to do / At harvest-time than bide and woo.”
He admits she was too young, but brushes it off because he had farm work to do.
Reflects the dismissal of women’s needs, especially emotional or romantic ones. Marriage is treated like a transaction.
how is a semantic field of nature used in the poem?
the semantic field of nature should make the poem more serene but the malicious tone makes it more sinister and suspensive. he is comparing her to something beautiful but it juxtaposes to the cruel way he is objectifying her.
quotes for zoomorphism
“flying like a hare”
“flying like a hare”
- the simile of comparing her to a small animal evokes imagery of predators and prey - as a farmer he is familiar with this
- he cannot comprehend her as a human being with emotions as the compares he to an animal
- she is voicless as, as teh readers we only learn about her from the farmers persepective which emphasises her objectification
how is the theme of isolation shown in the poem in quotes
during his wifes escape she ran over a “ seven acre field”
“Like the shut of a winter’s day / Her smile went out”
“sleeps up in the attic their alone”
“over a seven acre field”
- adds to the semantic field of nature, makes them land around them seem lonely and isolated
“Like the shut of a winter’s day / Her smile went out”
A simile comparing her emotional withdrawal to the darkness and coldness of winter.
Implies sudden isolation
“sleeps up in the attic their alone”
there is a power balance shift and the farmer has now got isolation enforced on him.
what is the form of the farmers bride
- dramatic monologue
- unfiltered access into the speakers mind - biased view of the farmers ideas on the wife - emphasises her objectification as we only view her through a male gaze - de humaizes her
Rythm - no rthymn suggesting the speaker is uneducated
what is the structure of the poem
- uses enjambment to emphasis the depressing atmosphere of poem - like there is no escape for the bride
what poems does the famers bride link to
signh song
porphyrias lover
how does porphyrias lover link to the farmers bride
- both about love
- both show the objectification of women - they both see the women as objects and dehumanise them through a first person narritve
how is porphyria’s lover similar to the farmers bride in terms of form
- they are both a monologue - gives us unfiltered access into the speakers mind
essay plan for farmers bride and porphyrias loves
1 intro
2 power and control
3 isolation and distrubance
4 subjectification of women
5 conclusion
