Madeline

Question 1

simile longing for a true romantic desire

Answer 1

‘whose heart had brooded’
‘thoughtful Madeline… yearning like a God in pain’

Question 2

simile foreshadowing Madeline fleeing the nest but the consequence may be death

Answer 2

‘like ring-dove fray’d and fled’

Question 3

mythical allusion to philomela - only freedom in death turned into a nightingale after being raped and had her tongue cut off - foreshadowing death of Madeline’s innocence

Answer 3

‘a tongueless nightingale should swell her throat in vain, and die, heart stifled, in her dell’

Question 4

-angelic depiction of Madeline, waiting to encounter what she thinks will be a man who is like a heavenly saint

contrast by

-by Porphyro’s sexualised and erotic mood, there are clear contrasting attitudes between love and desire for men and women

Answer 4

‘her hair a glory, like a saint’

Question 5

symbol of virginity and innocence being lost

Answer 5

St Agnes’ moon hath set’