Love Songs In Age

Question 1

Love songs in age summary

Answer 1

widow who discovers old sheet music that brings back memories of her youth and previous love. However, she soon realises that the hopes she had for this love were not, and could not have been, fulfilled.

Question 2

One bleached from lying in a sunny place,
One marked in circles by a vase of water,
One mended, when a tidy fit had seized,

Answer 2

Triadic anaphora
All things she cared about damaged by time
Sacrifices she’s made to be a wife and mother

Question 3

Solve, satisfy and set

Answer 3

Triadic sybollance
All promises of young naive love

Question 4

Spread out like a spring-woken tree

Answer 4

Similie
Natural imagery

Love was sudden, abrupt, all-consuming, fresh, exciting, foolish, deluded, invincible; all of this is depicted through this simile. It suggests an invigorating and fresh life that was just beginning.