Wedding-wind

Question 1

What are the two ideas within the poem?

Answer 1

1. Marriage has caused a change in her life
2. Excitement that marriage has brought her

Question 2

1 - ‘The __ blew all my ____’

Answer 2

wind…wedding-day - changes

Question 3

1 - ‘night of the __ __’

Answer 3

high wind - emphasis of the biggest change, as she moves from one identity to another

Question 4

2 - ‘__ in __’

Answer 4

stupid…candlelight - Larkin thinks she is stupid for being happy

Question 5

2 - ‘He said the horses…the __ I had’

Answer 5

happiness - the speaker is very happy, and therefore feels sorry for everyone else

Question 6

1 - ‘All’s __ under the sun by the __ blowing’

Answer 6

ravelled…winds - shift in time = reality/clarity of things coming clearer - settled/clearer

Question 7

2 - ‘Set it __, and __’

Answer 7

down…stare - mundane imagery = monotomous - less change/predictable + Larkin thinks she is an idiot for enjoying it

Question 8

2 - ‘Carrying beads…all-generous __?’

Answer 8

waters - contended - Larkin may see her as naive and delusional, as he can’t understand the contentment of marriage