Cozy Apologia - Rita Dove
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- Cozy Apologia
- Rita Dove
- 1999
- Form & Structure
- Composed of 3 10-line stanzas.
- The rhyme scheme is breaking down in Stanza 2 - possibility of the disruption of the oncoming storm
- Stanza 1 is made of 5 rhyming couplets creating the rhyme scheme AABBCCDDEE
- A new rhyme scheme emerges in Stanza 3 which is ABABCCDDDD - perhaps to show progress in the poem
- Written in a first person narrative, perhaps to be autobiographical
- Written in free verse - possibly to reflect how imperfect her husband is
- Composed of 3 10-line stanzas.
- Context
- Hurricane Floyd is a Hurricane that hit the east coast of the USA in 1999, adding to the idea that the poem is autobiographical
- Fred is the name of the poets husband, making the poem seem autobiographical
- Middle
- 'awkward reminiscences / Of teenage crushes'
- She is embarrassed of the sizzling hot teenage love which reflect the title on how she is defending the love she has now
- 'Were thin as licorice and as chewy'
- It shows that the boys of her teenage youth didn't have much personality for her unlike of her husband
- 'awkward reminiscences / Of teenage crushes'
- Beginning
- 'There you'll be, with furrowed brow /And chain mail glinting, to set me free: '
- The cliche interpretation of romantic love, which may be used in irony, suggest that the speaker may be teasing her partner
- Shows that her husband is here to set her free, possibly from boredom or depression.
- 'think of you / This lamp'
- She compares her husband to a lamp. Whilst an ordinary object, it shows that he is her light and happiness
- 'There you'll be, with furrowed brow /And chain mail glinting, to set me free: '
- End
- 'You're bunkered in your / Aerie, I'm perched in mine'
- Describes him and her as love birds. Showing that they will meet up again after the storm.
- 'I fill this stolen time with you.'
- Shows her deep love for her husband rather than doing anything else, she would talk with him with the stolen time she has.
- 'You're bunkered in your / Aerie, I'm perched in mine'
- Rita Dove
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