Letters From Yorkshire Quotes + Context Flashcards
Finish the quotation and explain its significance - “Came ______ to _____ to me.”
Indoors, write. This shows how desperate the husband is to speak to her and how he feels connected to her despite the distance between them, potentially suggesting that he wants to be close to her again.
Finish the quotation and explain its significance - “his knuckles ______.”
Singing. This suggests the implied listener is joyous that he can speak to her. This could be seen as him expressing himself passionately despite the coldness.
Finish the quotation and explain its significance - “Out there in the ____, seeing the ______.”
Cold, seasons. This could present how he feels perhaps disconnected from reality and is numb when he isn’t around her. The fact that the speaker refers to this shows how she perhaps feels pitiful towards him.
Finish the quotation and explain its significance - “Feeding ____ onto a _____ screen.”
Words, blank. This quotation implies that she too feels sick of life, but in the city, and she perhaps feels a longing to be with her husband.
Finish the quotation and explain its significance - “You wouldn’t ___ __.”
Say so. This quotation demonstrates how she has a sense unfamiliarity with him as she doesn’t refer to him by name and only by pronoun. Thus demonstrates the distance between them in love.
Finish the quotation and explain its significance - “It’s ___ who sends me ____ of that other _____.”
You, word, world. This enjambment demonstrates how they are perhaps connected despite their distance, like how the two lines are connected. This also shows how they are trying to bridge the gap in their relationship.
Finish the quotation and explain its significance - “Pouring ___ and _____ into an _______.”
Air, light, envelope. This signifies how the letters that the husband sends gives the speaker a purpose, which shows how much she is reliant on the husband despite their distance.
Finish the quotation and explain its significance - “Our _____ tap out ________ across the ___ _____.”
Souls, messages, icy miles. This quotation implies that winter is what separates them and that despite circumstances they will always be connected with each other, the notion of souls suggests that they are soul mates and hunts that this idea is true, presenting a very optimistic view on love.
What type(s) of love are presented?
Marital/long distance love.
Who is the implied listener and speaker?
The wife is the speaker and the husband is the implied listener.
Where was Maura Dooley from? Where did she grow up?
Dooley grew up in the UK but is from Ireland.
Where did Dooley live and where did her husband live?
Dooley lived in London whilst her husband lived in Yorkshire.
What did Dooley consistently write about?
Politics and social class.
Who wrote Letters From Yorkshire?
Maura Dooley
How is love presented in Letters From Yorkshire?
It may be more platonic and less romantic but still a strong bond.
