The Farmer's Bride - Mew - Flashcards in GCSE English Literature

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Created on: 25-05-17 22:38

Brief overview of this poem

Young woman taken as farmer's bride, unhappy but she's voiceless (farmer's POV)

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'Like a frightened fay'

'Like a mouse' 'Like a hare'

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'Alone, poor maid. ...

...Tis but a stair/ Betwixt us'

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'The brown of her - ...

...her eyes, her hair, her hair!'

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'All in a shiver and a scare/...

...We caught her, fetched her home at last'

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Form of poem

Dramatic monologue, mainly iambic tetrameter, varied rhyme scheme, indents, irregular and complicated structure

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Context of poem

Many of her siblings died, father died not leaving enough to provide for them, fell in (unrequited) love with a woman, mental illnesses, committed suicide by drinking bleach, poor, in marriage all legal rights given to man, farmers=large communities

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Themes

Pain, loss, desire, longing, nature, posessiveness, unrequited love

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Feelings

Vulnerability, isolation, obsession, innocence, dominance, insanity

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Compare with

Porphyria's Lover, When we Two Parted, Neutral Tones

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Card 2

Front

'Like a frightened fay'

Back

'Like a mouse' 'Like a hare'

Card 3

Front

'Alone, poor maid. ...

Back

Card 4

Front

'The brown of her - ...

Back

Card 5

Front

'All in a shiver and a scare/...

Back

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The Farmer's Bride - Mew