love and relationship poems Flashcards
(27 cards)
sonnet 29-i think of thee
context:
-autobiographical
-poet had obssesive thoughts of partner and desires him in physical and emotional way
-victorian era-time of taboo so had to show what she wanted through nature
sonnet 29-i think of thee
structure
-old sonnet=love is timeless
-vulta early in line 7=impacient to be with him
-lambiac pentermeter-rhyming mimic heartbeat=growing love
-cyclical structure
sonnet 29-i think of thee
themes
-nature
-fulfilment
-passion
-intimacy
sonnet 29-i think of thee
quotes
-‘my thoughts to twine and bud’
-‘wild vines about a tree’
-‘renew thy presence rustle thy boughs’
-‘i do not think of thee-i am to near thee’
sonnet 29-i think of thee
big message
physical and emotional love is needed in relationships
winter swans
structure
-last stanza is a couplet=couple reunited
-valta at line 7 when swans come in
winter swans
quotes
-‘2 days of rain then a break’
-‘the water logged earth gulping for a breath’
-‘porcelain of the stilling water’
-‘i noticed out hands that had somehow swam the distance between us’
winter swans
big message
humans should mimic/copy nature
walking away
structure
-regular rhyme scheme=continuos love for son
-first 2 stanzas is memory
-last 2 stanzas is releasation parent needs to let child go
walking away
context
-poet brought up by father after mum died
-poet used personal experience bc poem dedicated to his son
walking away
quotes
‘a satellite wrenched from its orbit’
‘gnaws at my mind still’
‘love is proved in the letting go’
walking away
big message
releasation that a parent proves their love by letting their child gain independence
mother any distance
structure
-deconstructed sonnet
-extra line=connection between the speaker and mother joined by tape meassure and blood
mother any distance
quotes
-‘mother any distance greater than a single span’
-‘you at the zero end me with the spool of tape’
-‘i space walk through empty bedrooms’
-‘still pinch the last one hundreth of an inch’
mother any distance
big message
importannce to a parent when child moves out of the home
loves philosophy big msg
speakers desire to connect with partner
love n these feelings are natural
it wld be against nature and god to be apart
love is beautiful like nature
loves philosophy context
travelled to europe with family
poet in the romantic era
he wabted mary to marry him n she eventually did
language in loves philosophy
persuasive language-imperitices,repition,rhetorical questions
figurative language-mingle,mix,kiss
direct adress-why not i with thinw->personal
poems love philosophy link with
winter swans-natural imagery
porphyrias lover-longing and frustration
farmers bride-longing and frustration
loves philosophy structure
form: 2 ocets->short simple structure=simplicity of shelleys wishes
abab rhyme scheme except 2 lines in each stanza that are half rhymes=wverything in nature is in harmony but them
stanza each ending in rhetorical question to emphasise contrast between nature n speakers situation
love’s philosophy quotes
‘the fountains mingle with the river’
‘nothing in the world is single’
‘the sunlight clasps the earth’
‘if thou not kiss me?’
porphyrias lover big msg
delusional obsession can lead to dangerous consequences
speakers mental instability leads to murder of lover to preserve the moment forever
prophyrias lover language
lexis of possesion
similie
flower imagery
porphyrias lover context
destructioj of nature (sullen wind,tore the elm tops down,vex the lake) goes against trad love poems
dramatic monologue to create intruging and though provoking narrative voice
reader question and judge the sinful actions
