NO ROAD

Question 1

since we agreed to let the road between us fall to disuse;

Answer 1

use of caesura emph the breakup - road is ext metaphor for connection that tehy have mutually decided to abandon

Question 2

bricked our gates up/ planted trees/ turned

Answer 2

active verbs emph the amount of effort the couple has to go to- idea of an active conflict - ultimately futile

industrial image + urbanisation futile - nature OP anyways

Question 3

turned all time’s eroding agents loose

Answer 3

power of time - corrputs and decays the relationship overtime- natural innate force

Question 4

silence space and strangers

Answer 4

sbilance emph the distance between the couple

Question 5

• our neglect/ has not had not much effect.

Answer 5

caesura- long pause/disruption emph the futile nature of separation - still connected

use of enj emph the lack of change and futile efforts - time is more powerful

Question 6

leaves drift unswept perhaps; grass creeps unmown/ no other change.

Answer 6

natural imagery emph how time slowly takes over the road - will be forgotten overtime + powerful

neglect has not done much - original buildings are still evident - endstop emph lack of change

Question 7

so clear it stands, so little overgrown/ walking that way tonight would not seem strange

Answer 7

emph neglect’s lack of affect on RS- lack of emotional change and still feel strong emotions

can easily return - use of parallel phrasing - sense of familiarity and comfort which makes the rs tempting

Question 8

a little longer/ and time would be stronger.

Answer 8

enj and use of rhyming couplet emph the power of time - only resolution to ending RS- imminent force

Question 9

drafting a world where no such road will run from you to me;

Answer 9

dynamic verb emph the sheer amount of effort to create a world without her - exaggerated and impossible task he has to force himself to do

ext metaphor of road rep
caesura emph difficult process

Question 10

to watch the world come up like a cold sun

Answer 10

oxymoron- hopeful for a future without her but realises that it will make him unhappy still ( personal choice to neglect)

OR

a world without her is unnatural - lack of warmth

Question 11

my liberty/ it is my will’s fulfillment./willing it my ailment

Answer 11

rhyming couplet = resolution - knows it will make him unhappy but does so anyways since he views relationships as being conformitive - frees himself