Plot/Dialogue
What does the author do to the letter?
What is kiss the letter?
What type of tone is established in this quote:
“I have kissed your sweet name on the paper as I knelt by the fire.”
What is an intimate/passionate tone?
What type of fig. lang. is used here:
“drift off like the smoke from his pipe.”
What is simile?
Is there a rhyme scheme?
What is No?
Who is the target audience?
What is those suffering from an affair, in an affair, or choosing to react to a similar situation?
Finish the sentence, , "my breasts ____ for your lips, belly _____ to be stilled by your brown hands.
What is "swell" and "churns"?
What do type of tone do these quotes cause:
“Bring me a letter”, “I baked this cake and you eat it.”
What is a dominant/commanding tone?
What type of fig. lang. is used here:
“My skin burns at the sight of you.”
What is Metaphor?
What does the italicized words imply?
What is the letter dialogue?
What does the title mean in reference to the poem?
What is a Correspondent is a person who writes letters to a person or a newspaper, especially on a regular basis, relating to their need to write to each other?
Finish the sentences: "We have the language of ______ birds..." and "We don’t have the language of _______.”
What is "stuffed" and "bodies"?
What does Duffy try to do in this quote:
“Give me the letter as I take your hat.”
What is conceal her affair through her actions?
What does the "thin spoon" symbolize in this quote:
"I shall inquire about your wife, stirring his cup
with a thin spoon, and my hand shall not tremble."
What is symbolizes a lack of depth in their respective marriages?
How many sentences are in each stanza?
What is 7?
What is the main idea?
What is detailing her passion for another man that she has an affair with, and the growing emotions this separation creates?