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What is the narrative of ‘Sonnet 29: I think of thee!’?
Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s borderline obsessive thoughts about her lover Robert Browning
Sexual undertones shown through nature
What is the voice in ‘Sonnet 29: I think of thee!’?
1st person, very personal
Not intended to be republishes
Written by EBB to RB
What themes are shown in ‘Sonnet 29: I think of thee!’?
Romantic love
Longing
Fulfilment
Desire
Nature
What structure is used in ‘Sonnet 29: I think of thee!’?
Petrachan sonnet (14 lines) - two quatrains (4 lines), one sestet (8 lines)
Written in iambic tetrameter
Suggests traditional nature of her love
What is sown in the opening/ending of ‘Sonnet 29: I think of thee!’?
Resolution, RB is back
What rhythm is used in ‘Sonnet 29: I think of thee!’?
Iambic tetrameter
Each line has 10 syllables, 5 stressed, 5 unstressed
Slow rhythm represents her obsessive thoughts
What is the context behind ‘Sonnet 29: I think of thee!’?
1800’s written about RB who she was courting not yet married
Written for RB not public audience
Published in a collection of 44 sonnets
What are some key quotations in ‘Sonnet 29: I think of thee!’?
‘My thoughts do twine and bud About thee, as wild vines, about a tree’
‘O my palm tree’
‘I will not have my thoughts instead of thee’
‘I do not think of thee - I am too near thee’
What narrative is used in ‘Singh Song’?
The love a shop worker had for his wife and outs her over his duties
What voice is used in ‘Singh Song’?
Mr Singh, first person
Not directed to anyone
What themes are shown in ‘Singh Song’?
Love
Marriage
Desire
Indian culture
Sexual relationship
What Structure is used in ‘Singh Song’?
9 stanzas, varying length
Smooth rhythm, song like qualities
Irregular rhyme scheme
What is shown in the opening/ending of ‘Singh Song’?
Cyclical structure, repeat everyday
What rhythm is used in ‘Singh Song’?
Fast, comical
Broken English to mimic Indian accent
Lyrical structure to mimic a song
What context is behind ‘Singh Song’?
Based on Dalit Nagra’s parents who own a corner shop
Explores the concept of ‘Britishness’
His parents are Punjabi Sikh Indians who moved to Britain in the late 50’s
What are some key quotations from ‘Singh Song’?
‘In di worst Indian shop on di whole Indian road’
‘my bride tiny eyes ov a gun and di tummy ov a teddy’
‘How much do yoo charge for dat moon baby?… Half di cost of yoo baby … Is priceless baby’
What is the narrative of ‘Love’s Philosophy’?
The speaker is addressing a potential lover and persuading her to Kiss him. He emphasises that everything in nature comes in pairs hinting that they should be together
What is the voice in ‘Love’s Philosophy’?
Shelly speaking from own experience
1st person
What themes are shown in ‘Love’s Philosophy’?
Nature
Romantic love
Unrequited love
What structure is used in ‘Love’s Philosophy’?
Lyric poem like a song
Two octaves (8lines)
Regular rhyme scheme ABABCDCD
What is shown in the opening / ending of ‘Love’s Philosophy’?
Starts using nature to shown desire
By the end her reveals his true thoughts
What rhythm is used in ‘Love’s Philosophy’?
Slow and romantic
Rhyming couplets
2 stanza to represent couples
What is the context behind ‘Love’s Philosophy’?
PBS was a major romantic poet who loved nature
Poetry should be the voice of transformation
Written in 1820 when Shelly was living gin Italy
What are some key quotations in ‘Love’s Philosophy’?
‘The fountains mingle with the river’
‘The winds of heaven mix for ever’
‘Nothing in the world is single’
‘Why no I with thine?’
‘If thou kiss not me?’
What is the narrative of ‘Porphyria’s lover’?
A man cannot cope with his emotions towards his lover so he strangles her & spends the night with her corpse
What voice is used in ‘Porphyria’s lover’?
Male speaker, narrator, ‘Porphyria’s lover’
1st person
What themes are shown in ‘Porphyria’s lover’?
Romantic love
Obsession
Violence
Paranoia
What structure is used in ‘Porphyria’s lover’?
Dramatic monologue
Reads like a story
No separate sections
What does the opening/ending show in ‘Porphyria’s lover’?
Resolution - he got what he wanted
Circle of life
What rhythm is used in ‘Porphyria’s lover’?
Natural form of then poem mirrors speech
ABABB rhyme scheme
Want to read like chronological order
What context is behind ‘Porphyria’s lover’?
Written in 1836 by RB
Victorian era, religious times
Scandalous writing more likely to be published
Often used speakers to depict fictional stories
What are some key quatations in ‘Porphyria’s lover’?
she rose …. withdrew the dripping clock and shawl
give herself to me forever
Porphyria worshipped me … made my heart swell
No pain felt she; I am quite sure she felt no pain
Warily opened her eyes again
‘smiling rosy little head’
And yet god has not said a word
What is the narrative in ‘The Farmers Bride’?
A farmer marries a young girl who runs away
She doesn’t engage with her husband or any men and prefers animals
What voice is used in ‘The Farmers Bride’?
Farmer POV
1st person
Bride had no vice
Self - centred man
What themes are shown in ‘The Farmers Bride’?
Romantic love
Longing
ISolation
Nature
Power imbalance
What structure is used in ‘The Farmers Bride’?
6 stanzas
Varying amount of lines
9,9,10,6,8
What is shown in the opening / ending of ‘The Farmers Bride’?
Symbolises farmers life & the cycle he is now stuck in
What context is behind ‘The Farmers Bride’?
Born in upper middle class
Mental illness
Struggled to deal with men
1928 committed suicide
What are some key quotations in ‘The Farmers Bride’?
Chose a maid
Too young maybe - but more’s to do. At harvest tike than bide and woo
We chased her
We caught her
‘Tis but a stair betwixt us
What is the Narrative in ‘Winter Swans’?
A couple are walking together in a brief patch of good weather after 2 days of rain. Previous argument separates them, reunited by the end
What is the voice in ‘Winter Swans’?
1st perosn
2 speakers
Addressing someone they are romantically involved in
Ambiguous if its an autobiography or not
What themes are shown in ‘Winter Swans’?
Couples arguments
Separation
Nature
Heavy emotions
Resolution
What structure is used in ‘Winter Swans’?
No rhyme scheme or consistent syllable count
7 stanzas - 6 with 3 lines
Last stanza 2 lines - couple
What is shown in the opening / ending of ‘Winter Swans’?
Resolution - relationship problems solved, resolves tension
Not necessarily solved forever
What are some key quotations in ‘Winter Swans’?
Two days of rain
We skirted the lake, silent and apart
tipping in unison
“They mate for life“
Our hands … had … swum the distance between us
What is the narrative for ‘When we two parted’?
The speaker looks back at the end of a secret relationship / affair. It described the sadness he felt when they broke up and the guild he now feels as his ‘lover’ is subject to gossip because she cheated
What is the voice in ‘When we two parted’?
1st person
Addressed to ex-lover
Speaker is lord Byron & woman is Lady Frances Wedderburn Webster
What is the structure in ‘When we two parted’?
4 octaves
regular rhyme scheme
time shifts over each stanza - past, past-present, present, future
speakers feelings will last forever
What themes are shown in ‘When we two parted’?
Secret love
Separation
unfaithful
foreboding
regret
What is shown in the opening/ ending of ‘When we two parted’?
Cyclical structure ‘silence & tears’
Unable to forget, never be free from the intense emotions
What rhythm is used in ‘When we two parted’?
Slow & sad
represents pain felt by speaker
What is the context behind ‘When we two parted’?
Born in 1788
Died 1824
British romantic poet renowned for many love affairs
What are some key quotations from ‘When we two parted’?
In silence and tears
Sunk chill on my brow It felt like the warning of what I feel now.
In secret we met In silence I grieve
What is the narrative in ‘Letters from Yorkshire’?
Friends keeping in touch through letters. Living very different lives - one lives in agriculture the other in news
What is the voice in ‘Letters from Yorkshire’?
1st person (assumed to be Dooley)
Speaker lives in city
What themes are shown in ‘Letters from Yorkshire’?
Nature
Distance
Friendship
Communication
What is the structure in ‘Letters from Yorkshire’?
Five stanza, tercet
First 4 - speaker & other person separate lives
Final stanza - closer ‘together’
What is shown in the opening/ending of ‘Letters from Yorkshire’?
Resolution? - acceptance
cyclical - repetitive year round structure
What is the rhythm in ‘Letters from Yorkshire’?
Enjambment
Sounds like normal speech - ordinary separate yet connected lives
Most lines have 5 beats or stresses
What is the context behind ‘Letters from Yorkshire’?
Pooley lived in multiple places throughout her life Cornwall, London, Bristol, Yorkshire
Disparity between urban & rural life
What are some key quotations in ‘Letters from Yorkshire’?
It’s not romance, simply how things are
Feeding words onto a blank screen
word of that other world
Watching the same news in different houses
What is the Narrative of ‘Neutral tones’?
The speaker is recounting meeting with a former lover at the side of a pond. It was winter when they met so the atmosphere is cold and deathlike showing that they no longer love each other.
What voice is used in ‘Neutral tones’?
1st person
Speaker is more upset than the lover
No positivity
What themes are shown in ‘Neutral tones’?
Winter
Regret
Break-up
Death
Love
What structure is used in ‘Neutral tones’?
1st stanza - gloomy atmosphere
2nd stanza - He ‘wasted time’ in the relationship & is embittered
3rd stanza - speaker is unwaveringly resentful
Cyclical structure - end of relationship but continued pain, unable to move on
What is shown in the opening/ending of ‘Neutral tones’?
Opening presents a continuous theme of winter
What rhythm is used in ‘Neutral tones’?
ABBA rhyme scheme
Quatrains are in tetrameter (faster than iambic tetrameter)
Contrasts stagnant atmosphere of poem
What context is behind ‘Neutral tones’?
Hardy was depressed, insecure - showed unhappiness and negativity in his poetry
Not clear if poem was about specific event or just general feeling towards women (2 unhappy marriages)
One of last poems he wrote
What are some key quotations in ‘Neutral Tones’?
Fallen from an ash, and were grey
Words played between us to and fro
The smile eon your mouth was the deadest thing
Alive enough to have strength to die
grin of bitterness