poetry anaylisis: the farmers bride

“ H E H H H H”

• her eyes her hair her hair

“W C H A F H H A L”

• we caught her and fetched her home at last”

“H S W O A T A W”

• her smile went out and twasnt a women

‘S A T F W V S’

• sweet as the first wild violets she

Structure / context

• no set rhyme scheme - instability and incompatibility

• Difficulties reading last stanza - uncomfortability of situation for reader

• Indentations - irregular pattern , irregular nature of relationship

• Similes - fragility + wildness of her, animal / human hierarchy, present her as other worldly

• Patriarchal society - he controls her

Comparisons- loves philosophy

• Denied physical touch

  • FB- first person, frustrated with silent bride, uses sensory language to convey desire

  • LP -first person addresses silent lover with romantic plea, use of sensory language

• Both left with unresolved feelings and desires at end of poem

• Imbalance of power vs unity and perspective of lover

  • FB- possessive relationship he knows he is frightening his bride, speaks of bride in third person alienating her

  • LP- presents love as unifying through personification, personal address to to connote respectful love