love and relationships poems

Question 1

when we two parted summary

Answer 1

pain and nostalgia -
heartbroken man reminicissing about his old relationship

Question 2

Porphyria’s lover summary

Answer 2

pain and nostalgia -
man strangles woman to preserve her beauty and presence
he believes he has done well as god hasn’t shamed him

Question 3

neutral tones summary

Answer 3

pain and nostalgia -
man, tone of eulogy to death of relationship
natural imagery

Question 4

loves philosophy summary

Answer 4

distance and desire -
natural imagery
man with dark undertones pleading for his partner to be with him

Question 5

sonnet 29 - i think of thee summary

Answer 5

distance and desire -
woman obsessed with her partner who isn’t with her
tone of idolization, overbearing/ overwhelming love

Question 6

letters from yorkshire summary

Answer 6

distance and desire -
ambiguous of paternal/ romantic
woman writing to someone in her past
she believes there is still a connection

Question 7

the farmers bride summary

Answer 7

conflict and resolution -
man hunting underage wife/ maid
fantasizes about her but she ignores him

Question 8

winter swans summary

Answer 8

conflict and resolution -
a barrier between a couple
eventually resolved, natural imagery of swans

Question 9

singh song summary

Answer 9

conflict and resolution -
man rejects traditionality of his indian culture for scottish wife, she distracts him from his work but he is obsessed with her

Question 10

walking away summary

Answer 10

relationships and conflict -
a father accepting that his son has moved on in life and he has to let him go even tho he still reminisces

Question 11

before you were mine summary

Answer 11

relationships and conflict -
tone of eulogy as child looks over mothers old relics and memories, possessive and jokes about how they ruined their mothers life

Question 12

mother, any distance summary

Answer 12

relationships and conflict -
child who either desperately wants away from their mother or is sad about leaving her but either way knows that change needs to come (them moving out)

Question 13

follower summary

Answer 13

loss and memories -
the relationship dynamic between a father and a son has shifted so the son who used to be a nuisance is now the powerful one and his father is the nuisance

Question 14

eden rock summary

Answer 14

loss and memories -
son goes to a picnic spot he used to have with his dead parents as he contemplates potential suicide

Question 15

climbing my grandfather summary

Answer 15

loss and memories -
son uses a semantic field of a mountain to explain how much trust and love he has for his grandfather who was his paternal figure/ stability in his childhood

Question 16

when we two parted first and last line

Answer 16

“when we two parted
in silence and tears”
“with silence and tears”

Question 17

porphyria’s lover first and last line

Answer 17

“the rain set early in to-night”
“and yet god has not said a word!”

Question 18

neutral tones first and last line

Answer 18

“we stood by a pond that winter day”
“and a pond edged with greyish leaves”

Question 19

loves philosophy first and last line

Answer 19

“the fountains mingle with the river”
“if thou kiss not me?”

Question 20

sonnet 29 i think of thee first and last line

Answer 20

“i think of thee - my thoughts do twine and bud”
“i do not think of thee - i am too near thee”

Question 21

letters from yorkshire first and last line

Answer 21

“in february, digging his garden, planting potatoes”
“our souls tap out messages across the icy miles”

Question 22

the farmers bride first and last line

Answer 22

“three summers since i chose a maid”
“the brown of her - her eyes, her hair, her hair!”

Question 23

winter swans first and last line

Answer 23

“the clouds had given their all -
two days of rain”
“and folded, one over the other,
like a pair of wings settling after flight.”

Question 24

singh song! first and last line

Answer 24

“i run just one ov my daddy’s shop”
“is priceless baby -“

Question 25

walking away first and last line

Answer 25

“it is eighteen years ago, almost to the day” “and love is proved in the letting go.”

Question 26

mother, any distance first and last line

Answer 26

“mother, any distance greater than a single span” “towards a hatch that opens on an endless sky to fall or fly”

Question 27

before you were mine first and last line

Answer 27

“i’m ten years away from the corner you laugh on” “where you sparkle and waltz and laugh before you were mine”

Question 28

eden rock first and last line

Answer 28

“they are waiting for me somewhere beyond eden rock” “i had not thought that it would be like this”

Question 29

follower first and last line

Answer 29

“my father worked with a horse- plough” “behind me, and will not go away”

Question 30

climbing my grandfather first and last line

Answer 30

“i decided to do it free, without a rope or net” “the slow pulse of his good heart.”

Question 31

when we two parted methods

Answer 31

volta - from sad, nostalgic to blame semantic field - heartbreak “broken- hearted” “vows are all broken” rhyme scheme - ABAB regular

Question 32

porphyria’s lover methods

Answer 32

anaphora - repetition of ‘and’ (links to neutral tones), sense of anticipation/ insanity rhyme scheme - ABABB - foreshadows unusual events

Question 33

neutral tones methods

Answer 33

anaphora - ‘and’ links to porphyria’s lover volta semantic field - neutral colours “grey” “white”

Question 34

loves philosophy methods

Answer 34

semantic field - nature “fountains” “rivers” “winds” volta - performative behaviour -> natural violent desire repetition - “kiss” “clasp” - violent

Question 35

sonnet 29 - i think of thee methods

Answer 35

caesura - “-“ - title, all encompassing love shows women’s dependence on men

Question 36

letters from yorkshire methods

Answer 36

metaphor - “clearing a path through snow” natural imagery - “planting potato’s” “dig” “sow”

Question 37

the farmers bride methods

Answer 37

semantic field - predator -> zoomorphism “chased” “caught” “fetched” comedic undertone enforces patriarchal standards - “he”

Question 38

winter swans methods

Answer 38

volta natural imagery/ pathetic fallacy - “rain” “clouds” “afternoon light” tercets -> couplet - lost line at end signifies loss of obstacle

Question 39

singh song! methods

Answer 39

repetition - “my bride” - shows his awe of her change in language - signifies culture clash

Question 40

eden rock methods

Answer 40

volta - reminiscing/ nostalgia -> next steps (death) isolated line - mirrors his loneliness biblical/ religious imagery - “three suns” “eden rock”

Question 41

follower methods

Answer 41

volta - from father being idolised to burden simile - “his shoulders globed like a full sail strung” semantic field - precise work “mapping” “exactly” “narrowed” “angled”

Question 42

climbing my grandfather methods

Answer 42

semantic field - mountain - “rope” “net” “grip” oxymoron - “warm ice” imagery of dying - “slow” “birds circle” (like prey)

Question 43

walking away methods

Answer 43

simile - “like a winged seed loosened from its parents stem” “like a satellite wrenched from its orbit” animalistic imagery - “half- fledged” enjabment

Question 44

mother, any distance methods

Answer 44

semantic field - distance “acres” “prairies” “distance” “single-span” juxtaposition - “Anchor. Kite”

Question 45

before you were mine methods

Answer 45

volta - her mothers life before vs after black humour - “the decade ahead of my loud, possessive yell was the best one, eh?” semantic field - happiness - “shriek” “laugh” reference to marilyn monroe “right walk” (before volta) juxtaposes “wrong pavement” (after)