Poet and Context
Who wrote ‘Love’s Philosophy’?
Percy Bysshe Shelley
What type of love is represented in 'Porphyria's Lover?
Which poem finishes with a rhyming couplet while the rest of the poem's stanzas have 3 lines?
'Winter Swans' by Owen Sheers
‘I run just one ov my daddy’s shops’
'Singh Song!' by Dalit Nagra
‘In silence I grieve’. Which poem is this quotation from and what theme does this relate to?
‘When We Two Parted’. It links to love and loss.
Who wrote 'Singh Song!'
Daljit Nagra
What type of love is represented in 'When We Two Parted'?
Forbidden Love
What is a ‘volta’? Name one poem which uses it.
A sudden change/turning point in a poem e.g. ‘Winter Swans’ where the couple see the swans and come back together etc.
‘Rustle thy boughs and set thy trunk all bare,’
Sonnet 29 'I think of Thee' by Elizabeth Barrett Browning
How can ‘Singh Song!’ and ‘Sonnet 29’ be linked?
Romantic love, passion, marital love etc.
Who wrote ‘When We Two Parted’ and what was the influence for writing the poem?
Lord Byron and it is based on an affair he’d had with his friend's wife.
Which poem represents a parent-child relationship between a mother and a daughter?
'Before you were Mine' by Carol Ann Duffy
Analyse the language in this quotation: ‘as we skirted the lake, silent and apart’. Which poem is this from?
‘Winter Swans’ – suggests careful physical movements, conflict and emotional distance.
‘We stood by a pond that winter day,’
How would you describe the structure in ‘Neutral Tones’? How effective is it?
Looking at ideas relating to moving from time, past to present, cyclical approach etc.
What family member is described in ‘Before You Were Mine’?
The poet's mother.
What possible relationship is presented in 'Letters from Yorkshire'?
Which poem uses nature imagery with persuasive effect? What makes it persuasive?
'Love's Philosophy' by Percy Bysshe Shelley
Tries to persuade his prospective love interest that nature is full of couples and that it is a natural state to aspire to for them as well.
‘Nothing in the world is single;’
'Love's Philosophy' by Percy Bysshe Shelley
What is the form used in ‘Porphyria’s Lover’?
Dramatic Monologue
How many years difference was there between Thomas Hardy and his second wife Florence Dugdale?
She was 40 years younger than him.
How are the characters in 'Winter Swans' presented at the beginning of the poem? (Try to provide a quote)
Analyse the language and impact in this quotation: ‘The smile on your mouth was the deadest thing’
The imagery is very bleak. There is an element of antithesis as smiles should be happy and positive but the superlative references death.
‘Three Summers since I chose a maid,’
'The Farmer's Bride' by Charlotte Mew
Analyse the language and impact in this quotation ‘The sullen wind was soon awake’. Which poem is it from?
'Porphyria's Lover'; use of pathetic fallacy and personification – the wind is seen as childish.