Which poem includes the line, 'he taught me how'
Poem at 39
Which poem includes the line, 'like some dark, ancestral spectre'.
Hurricane Hits England
Which poem includes the lines, 'stone river wind house lament day song breath'.
Homeland
Complete the quote from Blessing, 'the skin cracks like...'
A pod
Which poem includes regular indents to show different possibilities in life?
The Door
Name three poems connected to nature?
Wind, Storm on the Island, Hurricane Hits England, The Great Storm, Below The Green Corrie, Where I Come From
Name three poems connected to urbanization.
London, The Planners, Where I Come From, In A London Drawing Room
Name three poems connected to families.
The Journey, This Morning, Poem at 39
Name two poems connected to personal choices.
The Road Not Taken, The Journey, The Moment
Name two poems connected to loss.
Futility, The Morning, At Castle Boteral, The Journey
To show false perfection, cleanliness, cosmetic beauty...
Which poem juxtaposes imagery of different environments?
Where I Come From
Why does Below The Green Corrie compare the mountains to 'bandits'?
To show how nature can be threat / dangerous to people.
I = the voice of humans taking / colonising
You = nature answering them back
What does the pathetic fallacy represent in Winter Swans?
The bad weather = the couple's turbulent relationship?
What does the 'powdery green check of a bruised clementine' represent in This Morning? What technique is used?
Metaphor / symbol / imagery - represents the passing of time and the weakening of living things.
Why does Blessing finish with the lines, 'the blessing sings over their small bones'.
Juxtaposes the beauty / positivity of the blessing (through personification) with the fragility and weakness of the children (through the adjective 'small' and the imagery of 'bones').
Why does Shapcott use the line, 'everything was horizontal' in The Great Storm? What technique is this?
Hyperbole - emphasises the chaos / destruction both in the storm and in her personal life.
Why does George Eliot use one stanza and similar line lengths in In A London Drawing Room?
To create the same sense of boredom / monotony / lack of beauty that is in her poem.
Why does Hardy use the phrase, 'my sand is sinking' in At Castle Boteral? What technique is this?
Metaphor - shows how he is coming to the end of his life, like sand in an hourglass running out.
Describe two temporal shifts used by Owen in futility.
1. Temporal shift back to the dying/dead soldier's life at home - shows how he had a 'real' life full of potential before becoming a soldier.
2. Temporal shift to 'deep time' and the making of humans - hows how the long evolution of humanity has been futile as it's lead to WW1.
Describe the narrative voice in Storm on The Island and explain why Heaney used it.
'As you left their voices behind, the stars began to burn' - analyse a choice made by Mary Oliver here in The Journey.
2nd person pronoun - places the reader into her personal story.
3rd person pronoun ('their voices') - creates a sense of distance between the protagonist and the family they're leaving.
Symbolism of stars - represents the opportunity and beauty that is available to her if she chooses her own path.
Symbolism - fire could represent passion / excitement of life but also danger or getting hurt.
Metaphor - staring could signify daydreaming / creativity or being determined as she is staring into the fire.
Explain what Elizabeth Brewster means in the line, 'a door of the mind blows open'. Mention a technique.
Metaphor - could represent:
- Accessing her memories of the past.
- Opening herself up to experiences.
- Reconnecting with herself / her home.