Poetry Form

Question 1

London - Form and structure

Answer 1

• Rigid, regular quatrains
• Regular AB rhyme scheme
• Anaphora
• Regular, march-like rhythm
• Acrostic form (HEAR)

Question 2

Westminster Bridge - Form and structure

Answer 2

• Petrarchan Sonnet
• Iambic pentameter
• Rhyme creates idyllic tone

Question 3

Home Thoughts from Abroad - Form and structure

Answer 3

• Two stanzas
• Chronological order (re-living it)
• ABAB and rhyming couplets (idealistic)

Question 4

Adlestrop - Form and structure

Answer 4

• Four stanza
• ABCB rhyme until last stanza
• Iambic pentameter followed roughly, creates conversational tone
• Calm tone, speaker is absorbed in the memory

Question 5

Absence - Form and structure

Answer 5

• Three quintets (neat, well-tended)
• Regular ABABA rhyme
• Iambic pentameter
• Emphasises contrast between her steady surroundings and her emotions
• Half-rhyme in final stanza shows her grief even affects her poetry