MAIDEN NAME Flashcards
(17 cards)
marrying left your maiden name disused.
presents the woman as being foolish and careless in her decision to marry - discards her identity
its five light sounds no longer mean your face.
image of freedom is no longer associated with identity - shackled and restricted by marriage
use of endstop emph the finality of her old identity
your voice and all your variants of grace
direct address emph how the speaker laments the loss of the woman’s attributes that made her unique/idealised
thankfully confused
oxymoron depicts the woman’s blissful ignorance towards the foolishness of her loss of identity - new identity does not suit her
by law with someone else, you cannot be / semantically same as that young beauty
creates a separation between her old and new identity
the enjambment emph the influence of legality over her relationship
love has become contractual - lacks emotion
two words were used
emph the ease of which she gave up her identity - passive submission and foolish
lying just where you left it, scattered through
idea of her deceiving herself that the marriage will bring her happiness OR her submissivity to men and loss of identity
carelessness of decision in scattered
old lists, old programmes a school prize
use of dramatic listing emph the achievements tied to her past identity that have now been lost due to her marriage - lacks value and individuality
scentless, weightless, strengthless
repetition of suffix emph the complete and gradual loss of meaningful identity -
untruthful? / No, it means you.
caesura emph the conflicted nature of the speaker in feeling betrayal but also reflecting on the memories of her old identity that still exist - still the truth as she’s actually married
direct address you is ironic since it is no longer actually her - lost her identity - potentially mocking
How beautiful you were, and near, and young
listing again used to describe her past identity- emph the sense of lost that has occurred with her aging
unfingered again
pun - marriage corrupting her purity emph by the caesura - emph the finality of that change
OR a pun for the wedding ring - restrictions of marriage
your old name shelters out faithfulness
despite loss of old identity it still holds purpose and significance in the memories - speaker feels betrayal
depreciating luggage laden
alliteration emph how the marriage is a burden which gradually loses value and significance - drags her down/self destructive - critiques her decision
historical AO3 wedding wind
post war marriage boom - believed it would being happiness through marriage and love - LESS DECEIVED about the nature of marriage
biographical AO3 wedding wind
may be inspired by the engagement of his close friend Winifred Arnott - betrayal
literary AO3 wedding wind
movement- speaker depicts diff perspectives and often self reflective
speaker in WW reflects on the anger he feels towards the marriage but also reflects on the past memories that still remain + betrayal he feels
