P2 Lit: Seen Poetry Flashcards
(60 cards)
When We Two Parted:
- 5 key quotes
- Analysis of said quotes
- Alternative Interpretations
- “the dew of the morning”
- “cold, colder thy kiss”
- “long long will i rue thee”
- “pale”
- “silence and tears”
1) “dew” mirrors his physical grief - toxic masculinity because its a eupahmism to emotion - somehow blaming woman for reducing his masculinty - scornful, accusatory
“morning” subverted meaning of ‘fresh start’ to that of gruelling monotony and mundanity - hompohone for morning links to secrecy of affair - morning is inevitable - perhaps views of society and religion - inevitable end of sinful affair - mirrors bleak transition to winter - stresses letting things go like leaves on tree - keeping the necessary
2) “colder” rep empahises how love is seeping out - could also highlight how resentment and cold attitude is supplanting prior love - empahsies resentment towards woman
3) rep of “long” shows cyclicality of grief - mimics the loop of day/night - how it never ceases to arrive and ‘be’
4) “pale” - dead - inevitable? - decay, impure, gods message, implies a gory punishment
5) rep of “silence….” shows cyclicality of grief, neverending
When We Two Parted:
Context
Byron in secret affair w/woman who went back to husband
When We Two Parted:
Structure
ABAB - regularity, continuity - emphasis on loop of grief - subject to pessimistic eternity - perhaps a comment on how men feel when a woman is no longer under their control - toxic masc
Dactylic metre - stop/start rythm - wants to stop time and reverse so that he doesnt have to face misery - to go back to happy days
When We Two Parted:
Key themes & comparison poems
grief, letting go, loss
- winter swans - loss
- neutral tones - loss/grief
Loves Philosophy:
- 5 key quotes
- Analysis of said quotes
- Alternative Interpretations
- “mountains kiss high heaven”
- “fountains mingle w/the river”
- “sunlight clasps”
- “moonbeams kiss”
- “and”
1) “mountains” - implies isolation, lack of reciprocation, symbol for obstacle for physical unity - perhaps shows how entitled & superior he feels as a man to get that kiss - comment on the sexual urge of men (shameless)
“kiss” - purely physical attraction - emphasies how entitled he feels
“high heaven” - god ordained - natural - obligation - hightened desparation becoz of other-wordly ref. - breathless - idea of gravity&connection hence hightening isolation
2) water imagery highlights natural flow - how their untity is natural like the flow of water - its inevitability BUT “fountain” movement of water = cyclical - lack of reciprocation
3) “sunlight”/”moonbeams” - idea that sun/moon cant exist w/o eachother - co-existence is natural, necessary - celestial imagery physically above waterbodies - hightened desparation
4) polysyndetic list - evergrowing desparation
Loves Philosophy:
Context
water - many ancient cultures believed we came from and will return to our waters - emphaises natural existence of unity
Loves Philosophy:
Structure
ABAB - regularity - static - forever unreciprocated
Loves Philosphy:
Key themes and comparison poems
unrequited love, obsession, nature
When we Two parted - all themes
Porphyrias Lover:
- 5 key quotes
- Analysis of said quotes
- Alternative Interpretations
“glided”
“smooth white shoulder bare”
“porhyria worshipped me”
“only this time, my shoulder bore her”
“Yet God has not said a word!”
1) connotations of ghost - inevitable death? forshadowing - also angelic status
2) purely physical - society’s objectification of women - wants keepsake of their love like property - patriarchy - proxy of societal views of how women should be punsihed for illicit acts
3) implies he is god, she is his servant - subverting dynamic to ‘norm’ - almost deragatory - toxic masc.
4) cyclical BUT dynamic has been restored - implies how sexism will always be prevalent no matter womens outcry - instead of porphriya baring her shoulder and “stooping” to a lower rank, man has stooped to “servants” level as he is her god
5) implies that god = social constructs - ‘yet’ is him convicning hmself that the deed is not that bad - alt. that god approves of woman being punsihed for opposing gender dynamic and illicit sex
Porphyrias Lover:
Context
Initially called ‘Madhouse Cells’ - comment on social prejudice which leads to madness - insanity is not individual - it is collective of mens views
Perhaps attack on status quo - a patriarchy leads to men believeing they can get away w/anything involving women
Porphyria latin - hallucinatory disease - collective delusion of men in patriarchy - critiscises dogma
Porphyrias Lover:
Structure
ABAB - regular at first, breaksdown slowly to show disentigration of sanity
Porphyrias Lover:
Key themes & comparison poems
Obsession, social class, sexual
Loves Philosphy - sexual, mens entitlement
Farmers Bride - obsession, sexual
Sonnet 29:
- 4 key quotes
- Analysis of said quotes
- Alternative Interpretations
- “wild vines, about a tree”
- “burst, shattered everywhere!”
- “set thy trunk all bare”
- “i do not think of thee”
1) “wild vines” - her thoughts are unruly, overwhelming - vines not only cause structural damage but also hide it on a tree - damaging tree(relationship) - hide implies she is blinded by obsession so she doesnt see him as he truly is - too possesive, perhaps insecure - attack on men doing what they want and women trying to please them - suffocating - feels she has to hover becoz of insecurity
2) implies an orgasm - physical yearning - plosives = forceful tone - insecurity = ticking time bomb - climax implies he takes over her whole existence - she feels at pinaccle of life w/him
3) inclining to tempt him w/sex - women conditioned to believe only sex is valid form of love - insecure of him leaving her - cause is patriarchal objectification
4) cyclical - mens attitude will remain static - no progression - relationship will be damaged by insecurity and obsession
Sonnet 29:
Context
parents disapproved of marriage - hence forbidden - insecurtity is inevitable as he may decide to end relationship due to complications
Sonnet 29:
Structure
Iambic pent - juxta.p w/ constrained structure vs uncontrolled thoughts
sonnet format - typically for love poems - sense of inevitablilty in love
nature semantic - inevitability of love
Sonnet 29:
Key themes & comparison poems
obsession, patriarchy, toxic love
farmers bride - obsession, patriachy
loves philosphy - obession, patriacry
porphrias lover - all
Neutral Tones:
- 3 key quotes
- Analysis of said quotes
- Alternative Interpretations
“greyish leaves”
“white sun, as thought chidden of God”
“god curst sun”
1) implies decaying of all love and optimism - cant “undecay” - foreshadowing of pessimistic future - bitter - seasons, the gruelling winter - perhaps narrartor has view that women are simply liabilities as trees let go of leaves since they arent unnecessary - inevitable like seasons passing
2) sun drained of all warmth - even sun is effected - hatred is all consuming - god subverts from benevolent to wrathful and tyrannical - perhaps god is wrathful to women who dominate and take the lead OR he feels the whole world is against him
3) cyclical hatred - wrathful - signifies how men feel entitled to leave women not other way round - toxic masc.
Neutral Tones:
Context
poet and partner had broken off relationship - feels bitter
Neutral Tones:
Structure
ABBA - regular - static - undeveloping hate
Neutral Tones:
Key themes & comparison poems
pessimism, loss, patriarchy
Winter swans - loss/reconciliation
Porphyrias lover - patriacrhy
When we two parted - loss, pessimissm
Letters From Yorkshire:
- 5 key quotes
- Analysis of said quotes
- Alternative Interpretations
“blank screens”
“heartful of headlines”
“his knuckles singing”
“our souls tap..across icy miles”
“watching the same news”
1) life means nothing w/o him - frozen in longing for his company, montonous
2) constant hustle of urban life, how there is no relief, her disaccociated state of mind (link this to grade 5 - in a trance, daydreaming)
3) juxta.p between city/country life to show physical rift - despite this they still incline to eachother - typically we lose interest in such unrelatable people BUT ‘soul’ful connection maintains this fondness - alt. grade 9: kinesthetic imagery shows how shes infatuated w/his life, wants to replicate every single detail - sees rural lifestyle as crux to pure happiness
4) ‘our’ - unity - despite long distance
‘icy’ - despite this, still warm and thawed (not neglected) - like how warm hug thaws outer cold
‘souls’ - spirtual connection - inseparable- ‘tap’ conveys how ice thaws at the mere tap of their love - very immovable, permanent - alt. ‘icy’ perhaps implies her resentment at their dichotomy
5) implies competition becoz theyre finally on par, diminishing his life to be not as idillic, same as her monotonous urban life - alt. implies she finally connects w/him despite distance
Letters From Yorkshire:
Context
Some say its father-daughter realtionship and others say its platonic
Letters From Yorkshire:
Structure
free verse - captures inclination to talk, free from the heart
Letters From Yorkshire:
Key themes & comparison poems
strong love, longing, distance, admiration
Follower - all
