2. 'Love and a question' by Robert Frost

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  • Created by: Alasdair
  • Created on: 13-06-17 19:51
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  • 2. 'Love and a question' by Robert Frost
    • Tone
      • Uncertain
      • Indecisive
    • Context
      • Robert Frost
        • American but moved to England to have more freedom with poetry
        • Love of nature
        • Known for dealing with human tragedies and fear
    • Portrayal of love
      • Romantic love between groom and bride
      • Love/compassion for mankind
      • Sensual love (referring to sex)
    • Theme
      • Conscience grappling with sensual desire
      • Moral dilemmas faced by people
        • Lure of worldly pleasures or demonstrate power of conscience over fragile mind.
    • Characters
      • 3rd person narrator
      • Groom
      • Bride
      • Stranger (anonymous by noun name)
    • Importance of marital bed and sex similarly presented in both 'Talking in Bed' and hinted at in 'One Flesh'
    • Ending
      • Conscience of groom questions whether he did right thing
    • Structure
      • Four stanzas, 8 lines each
      • Organised narrative
        • 1st
          • Accounts stranger coming to door and request
        • 2nd
          • Indecisiveness
        • 3rd
          • Dedicated to bride
          • Shows importance and'gold' value
          • Night with her decides his mind
        • 4th
          • Suggestion of uncertainty about decision

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