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Marrysong
- A man's struggle to understand his wife
  - 3rd person Narrative, acts as an account of his struggle
- Scott uses images of nature, geography
- The poem only consists of 1 stanza, allowing Scott to use enjambement effectively
  - Scott uses short sentences to create blunt and simple ideas; pace and reflect the theme of inconsistency
- The poem is made memorable through the extended metaphor of a map
  - 'He charted. She made wilderness again.'
A man's struggle to understand his wife
- 3rd person Narrative, acts as an account of his struggle