The Farmer’s Bride

* Farmer relates haw three years ago he chose a bride who he admits was too young
* Bride becomes fearful of husband
* Farmer complains about the physical distance between them

Brief Synopsis

Raises awareness about how men posses women and women shouldn’t have their identity tied to their husband.

Meaning

* Punctuation
* Enjambment

Form & structure

Uses punctuation to manipulate rhythm which reflects troubles experienced between the couple in their relationship

Punctuation

‘ She sleeps up in the attic there//Alone, poor maid’

Highlights distance, ‘alone’ is separated to a different line representing maid’s isolation

Enjambment

* Objectification
* Possession

Language (2)

‘Frightened fay’- fricative alliteration almost violent objectification

‘Shy as a levaret’- fights and innocent

‘ The soft young down of her, the brown, // the brown of her- her eyes, her hair her hair’- further infantilises her, baby animal, pedophilic, superficial

Objectification (3)

‘I chose a maid’- choosing smth to possess

‘Maid’ often meant virgin highlights age and innocence

‘ She does work about the house’ archaic and subservient relationship

Domestic connotations

‘ But what to me’- rhetorical question patronising sarcasm

Possession (3)

Porphyria’s lover

Comparison