Poems Context Type Shi

Question 1

Loves philosophy

Answer 1

• uses very sexual verbs like clasp and kiss to show how much he wants her
• alternate rhyme scheme to show how 2 people can create something beautiful
• personification of nature
• religious wording eg heaven, law divine shows God created us to have sex so we should honor that
• poet is saying it is unnatural to be single and trying to persuade a person to have sex

Question 2

Neutral tones

Answer 2

• depressing wording eg god curst, starving, tedious, to show the poets bitterness
• enclosed rhyme scheme to show how he felt suffocated by her. The rhyme sceme is also regular, showing this is a neutral telling of the truth
• circular narrative to show the narrator hasn’t come to terms quite yet and often revisits the memory
• use of elipses at the end of the 3rd stanza. Wasn’t common in victoriana times and shows he feels like there relationship is unfinished

-negative look on nature to show all good things can turn bad

He is trying to remain unbiased but is still angry and blames her

Question 3

Farmers bride

Answer 3

• shes constantly described using nature to show she’s gentle and good. Farmers often destroy nature by cutting down trees or shooting animals so shows he is destroying her
• length of the stanzas and rhyme scheme change often to show the farmers confusion
• ’ the farmers bride’ possessive, she is his
• farmer uses similies to compare bride to small vulnerable animals
• length of poem through a long amount of time shows how little he knows about her and how they don’t interact often

Question 4

Eden Rock

Answer 4

• nature is used as a border between him and his parents like the sun making him less visible to his parents and the stream separating them.
• ‘Eden rock’ Eden can mean garden of Eden or paradise, showing this is a dream. To futher show its a dream the narrator uses idealised images like the stiff white cloth and sprinted dress.
• the narrator uses half rhyme to show he is hestitant to go forward, but also that he isn’t complete without his parents
• monostich at end of poem shows contrast between the steady 4 lines stanzas during the dream, showing the narrator felt more safe and comfortable in his dream that in reality
• poet uses specific adjectives to make the dream more vivid and real eg sprinted, stiff white, painted blue

Question 5

Mother any difference

Answer 5

• loose irregular rhyme scheme to represent all the possibilities of his life
• measurements go from acres to inches, representing how she had all of him in childhood but now barely knows him but loves him no matter what and will always be there
• use of going upwards eg up the stairs, climb the ladder to represent the person going through life
• use of mathematical language to show he is the sum of what she has made him

Question 6

Winter swans

Answer 6

• irregular and unrhymed lines to show conflict between the 2
• enjambment to show the relationship keeps going even through difficult times
• the swans symbolise undying love
• description of nature recovering after rain is a metaphor for the people recovering from there argument
• all stanzas are in trios until the last stanza which is a couplet, representing that they are now a pair again
• lots of references to pairs eg two days, halved themselves, a pair of wings emphasising the 2 people belong together
• the dark lake represents the difficulties they are trying to skirt around