Poetry Quotes Flashcards
(18 cards)
Winged seed __________________
Winged seed loosened from its parent stem - Walking Away
Not fully left him. References a plant which carries on nature theme
Leaves just turning
Walking Away
The leaves falling off the trees shows the father losing connection and signals a new chapter in life
Context of Walking Away
- Day Lewis’ mum died young
Divorced - knows love is shown by letting go
Rhyming scheme of Walking Away
ABACA - childish rhymes allows the kid to be happy. ‘A’ represents the child coming back to mind
Acres of the walls - mother any distance
Hyperbole - represents his mother surrounding him
Spool of tape - mother any distance
The bond is always there but tape measures can only go so far
Anchor. Kite. - mother any distance
Sea is the world ready to explore but the anchor and kite can represent restriction but also stability
I reach towards a hatch _______________________
I reach towards a hatch that opens towards an endless sky - Mother any distance
Going out into the real world
Succeed or fail
Loft- highest point - now out of reach
Rhyming scheme in Mother any distance
Armitage uses couplets at the start to represent they were close but they move further apart towards the end
Semantic field in Loves Philosophy
Semantic field of water
- fluidity of love
- essential for living
- purity
“The winds of heaven mix for heaven” - loves philosophy
Winds show aggressions and arguments
“All things by a law divine”
Loves philosophy
Natural law, destined to happen, can’t be changed
“And the moonbeams _________ - what are all these kissing worth ______________
Loves Philosophy
Moonbeams - light at the end of the tunnel
Only one soulmate so only one persons kiss means something
Rhyming scheme in Loves philosophy
ABAB
Every word has a pair references nature mixing
“The clouds had given their all - two days of rain and then a break in which we walked”
Personification of clouds - arguing and breaking point
Enjambment after ‘break’ shows no break in relationship
“The waterlogged Earth”
“Silent and apart
Winter Swans
No more water can be taken
Silent and apart juxtapose
“Icebergs of white feather”
Winter Swans
Icebergs reference destruction but white feather represents pure and harmless
“”They mate for life””
Winter Swans
In speech marks as the direct speech between each other shows their comfort in talking to each other
