Mother, any distance - Form

Question 1

Sonnet & Muse

Answer 1

1 - poem is loosely a sonnet, perhaps making the poem seem devotional to his mother, as if it is an ode

2 - imabic pentameter is uneven, which is commonly associated with the sonnet form, and instead presents the poem as a musing of age and independance

Question 2

Poem exists primarily of half rhymes

Answer 2

1 - speaker is at conflict with his ideas, or he is not fully fledged yet

2 - rhyming couplets at the end allow the poem for a sense of finality - speaker realises the relationship between him and his mother can endure