Letters from Yorkshire - Dooley

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Brief overview of this poem
Speaker recievers letter from a male friend, she's missing her Yorkshire life
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'His knuckles singing//...
...As they reddened in the warmth'
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'You out there in the cold...
...seeing the seasons// Turning'
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'You who sends me word of that other world//...
...Pouring air and light into an envelope'
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'Our souls tap out...
...messages across the icy miles'
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Form of poem
5 unrhymed tercets
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Context of poem
Modern poem - types of communication, technology etc, personal relation to Yorkshire
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Themes
Love, longing, distance, nature
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Feelings
Contrast, desire, longing, loneliness, isolation
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Compare with
I Think of Thee, Winter Swans, Love's Philosophy, Farmers Bride
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Card 2

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'His knuckles singing//...

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...As they reddened in the warmth'

Card 3

Front

'You out there in the cold...

Back

Preview of the front of card 3

Card 4

Front

'You who sends me word of that other world//...

Back

Preview of the front of card 4

Card 5

Front

'Our souls tap out...

Back

Preview of the front of card 5
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