Cozy Apologia : Poem Anthology

The title.

“Cozy” shows the content of their love, they feel comforted by it and but he fact they have one another.

Sets the initial tone for the poem and introduces their peaceful love.

“Apologia” is a defense.

She is using the poem to defend her relationship as despite it not being typically exciting it is still ideal for them.

“- for Fred,” directs the poem to someone specifically showing she places him above all else.

“I could pick anything and…”

“Think of you.”

She initiates the poem to be a love of cliches and traditionality

She uses first person to direct the love specifically to him

Everything in her life reminds her of her husband and the memories she has experienced while being with him

She then goes onto list individual items that have reminded her of him showing how she finds love for him in the everyday

“There you’ll be..”

“With furrowed brow and chain mail glinting.”

More references to a cliche version of love by comparing her love for him to a typical fairytale prince setting her free

She views Fred as her knight in shining armour that gave her a fairytale ending

He has freed her from the constraints of loneliness

Tone used is humorous but the sentiment of what she said is real

“Oddly male..”

“Big Bad Floyd”

Reference to Hurricane Floyd, an enormous and devastating hurricane that struck the east cost of the US

Dove personifies the hurricane as a man and this plunges her into memories of the boys she dated when she was young

Alliteration shows how she is reflecting on her younger times - immature language

The tone is playful and draws reference to the personification of Hurricanes

Could referent how Fred was the hurricane that disrupted her life positively

“”Worthless..”

“Boys.”

She compares her past relationships to her new found love for Fred

She juxtaposes her love for Fred to the boys shed previously dated

She goes onto refer to a hollow centre

Suggests they lacked soul and their love was shallow and weak

She compares un to how she sees Fred

Reinforces the significance of their love

“To keep me from melancholy…”

“I fill this stolen time with you.”

Stolen time refers to how the hurricane has disrupted their lives and taken the time away from then

She accepts the stolen time as it means she gets to spend time with her husband

Fred stops her from feeling upset and blues even during the hurricane

He is the constant sort of happiness within their life and the break from the mundane of modern life

They are able to refelect on their relationship

They are content with their ‘boring’ love