Places, loved ones

Question 1

What are the ideas in the poem?

Answer 1

speaker’s detatchment from both people and places

Question 2

‘No, I have never __’

Answer 2

found - negators = answering society (title) - rejects social norms

Question 3

‘__ ground’

Answer 3

proper - mocks society by putting on their voice

Question 4

‘instant __’

Answer 4

claim - connotations of legal terms = relationships lead to a loss of self

Question 5

‘You ask them to bear/you off __’

Answer 5

irrevocably - enjambment = never ending + love is reduced to the idea of tolerating another’s failings

Question 6

‘the girl a __’

Answer 6

dolt - volta/ed stop/monosyllabic = female character is robbed of her maturity because of love/marriage

Question 7

‘__ me to less, to act’

Answer 7

bound - connotations of restriction = facade to perform too enjoy these things

Question 8

‘And __ to keep away…your person, your __’

Answer 8

wiser…place - don’t fantasize that their is someone who will make you happy + don’t fall for false dreams that your soulmate can still be claimed