AQA LOVE AND RELATIONSHIPS POETRY ANTHOLOGY 1-9

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Who wrote 'When We Two Parted'?
Lord Byron
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What is the context for 'When We Two Parted'?
It was published in 1816, but he claimed it was written in 1808, to conceal the identity of the woman it was written about.
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What is 'When We Two Parted' about?
The narrator recalling the day he and his lover parted.
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What is the form and structure in 'When We Two Parted' and what does it reflect?
-The poem constantly shifts between past, present and future. This juxtaposition of time emphasis that there is no change in his feelings. Four 8-line stanzas with ABAB rhyme scheme and regular rhythm, reflects how he will always love her.
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Name two quotations about language about death in 'When We Two Parted'?
The metaphor "knell"- hearing her name reminds him of death. The noun 'knell' is a funeral bell. -"Pale and cold"- narrator describes his lover like a corpse. Adjectives show her love for him has died.
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Name one quotation about the senses in 'When We Two Parted'?
The cold touch of "dew" on the narrators forehead reflects the coldness between him and his lover.
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Name two quotations about silence and secrecy in When We Two Parted'?
-"Share in its Shame"- sibilance links to silence. -"Silence and tears"- repetition from stanza 1 emphasis secrecy and sorrow- he's still hurting and unable to move on.
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Attitudes in 'When We Two Parted"?
-Grief, - Anger, -Regret
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Themes in 'When We Two Parted'?
-Romantic love- loss/ Distance/ Death/ Memory
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Who wrote 'Sonnet 29- I Think Of Thee'?
Elizabeth Barrett Browning
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What is the context for' Sonnet 29- I Think Of Thee'?
It was written in 1845- 6. It was during the repressed victorian society.
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What is 'Sonnet 29- I Think Of Thee' about?
The narrator is talking to her lover about how much she loves him.
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What is the form and structure in 'Sonnet 29- I Think Of Thee'?
This sonnet is loosely written in the form Petrarchan form. The sonnet provides an early 'solution' on the 7th line which shows her over excitement and the narrators impatience to see him.
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Name two quotations to show the language about nature in 'Sonnet 29- I Think Of Thee'?
The narrator's lover is a tree and her thoughts are "Wild Vines" which cover him- displays how her thoughts are constantly growing and unrestrained. -"Twine and bud" displays how her thoughts focus on him like a vine wraps around a tree.
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Name one quotation to show her excited language in 'Sonnet 29- I think of thee' ?
-"Burst, shattered everywhere!"
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Who wrote 'Porphyria's Lover'?
Robert Browning
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What is the context for 'Porphyria's Lover'?
-Was published in 1836. - Porphyria is a disease that can result in madness.
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What is 'Porphyria's Lover' about?
A man who decides to preserve the moment he decides his lover loves him by strangling her with her own hair. He then spends the night sitting with her body.
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What is the form and structure in 'Porphyria's Lover' and what does it reflect?
- Asymmetrical rhyme scheme and enjambment suggests he's unstable.
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Name three quotations regarding language about love and violence in 'Porphyria's Lover'?
-"heart fit to break", -"blushed bright", "burning kiss"
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Name three quotations to show that the speaker is possessive over porphyria in 'Porphyria's Lover'?
-Repetition of 'mine', - flower imagery "droops" / "Rosy", - Pronoun "it" (sees her as an object)
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What are the attitudes in 'Porphyria's Lover'?
-Madness, -Passivity, -sin
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What are the themes within 'Porphyria's Lover'?
-Longing, -Destructive love, -death
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Who wrote 'Winter Swans' ?
Owen Sheers
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What is the context for 'Winter Swans'?
-Sheers was born in 1974 but grew up in Wales. - Published in 2005 in the 'Skirrid' Hill collection. Skirrid is a welsh word meaning divorce or separation.
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What is 'Winter Swans' about?
A couple walking around a lake, not talking or holding hands, then see swans and reconcile.
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Name two quotations showing natural imagery in 'Winter Swans' ?
-"Swans"- a metaphor for their relationship- shows their love is natural. - "Icebergs"- metaphor suggesting there's more under the surface suggesting they're keeping stuff from each other. - "clouds had given they're all"- personification
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Name two quotations to show contrasting language in 'Winter Swans' ?
"slow stepping" - sibilance creates an impression of softness reflecting softening tension. - "stilling water"- verb represents how the disruption of their relationship is settling down.
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What are the attitudes of the poem in 'Winter Swans'?
-Tension, -Peace
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What are the themes within 'Winter Swans'?
-Romantic love, - Distance, -Nature
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What is the form and structure in 'Winter Swans' and what does it represent?
-Uneven line lengths and lack of rhythm emphasis the feeling of disjointness. - final stanza is a couplet shows they're reunited
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Who wrote 'Love Philosophy' ?
Percy Bysshe Shelley
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What is the context for 'Love Philosophy'?
Shelley wrote this poem in 1820, during the romantic era of literature
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What is 'Love Philosophy' about?
The narrator is angry/ sad because all of natural is together apart from him and his lover
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What is the form and structure in 'Love Philosophy'?
- ABAB rhyme scheme but 2 lines in each stanza don't fully rhyme, reflects how all of nature in harmony except him and his lover.
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Name two quotations regarding language about nature in 'Love Philosophy'?
"fountains mingle"- imagery of flowing water shows that everything is connected. "Sunlight and Moon beams"- emphasis everything is connected not just nature on earth
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Name two examples of repetition in 'Love Philosophy'?
"mingle"- verb emphasis the physical relationship he wants. "and"- repetition highlights how many examples he can show her unity of nature.
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Attitudes in 'Love Philosophy'?
-Longing, -Playfulness
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What are the themes in 'Love's Philosophy'?
-Romantic love- longing, -desire, -Nature
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Who wrote 'Letters from Yorkshire'?
Maura Dooley
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What is the context for 'Letters from Yorkshire'?
Dooley was born in Cornwall, then moved to Yorkshire, then London
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What is 'Letters from Yorkshire' about?
Her lover lives in Yorkshire and spends time gardening but she lives in the city and spends her time inside
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What physical verbs do they use in 'Letters from Yorkshire'?
"Digging and planting"- active verbs describe his physical work in his garden. "Planting potatoes"- alliteration emphasis that its repetitive and an ordinary action highlighting his connection with nature.
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What is the form and structure in 'Letters from Yorkshire'?
-Free verse- makes the poem flow like natural speech. -Tercet- narrator feels disconnected
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Name two pairs of contrasting quotations in 'Letters from Yorkshire'?
"Blank screen" & "singing knuckles", "heartfelt of headlines" & "seeing the seasons"
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Name two quotations displaying language about communication in 'Letters from Yorkshire'?
"same news in different houses" & "across the icy miles" icy suggests she doesn't like being away from him
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What are the attitudes in 'Letters from Yorkshire'?
Appreciation / connection / longing
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What are the themes within 'Letters from Yorkshire'?
Nature/ longing / distance
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It was published in 1816, but he claimed it was written in 1808, to conceal the identity of the woman it was written about.

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What is the context for 'When We Two Parted'?

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The narrator recalling the day he and his lover parted.

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-The poem constantly shifts between past, present and future. This juxtaposition of time emphasis that there is no change in his feelings. Four 8-line stanzas with ABAB rhyme scheme and regular rhythm, reflects how he will always love her.

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The metaphor "knell"- hearing her name reminds him of death. The noun 'knell' is a funeral bell. -"Pale and cold"- narrator describes his lover like a corpse. Adjectives show her love for him has died.

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