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Flashcards by Annie Loizides, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Annie Loizides
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| Question | Answer |
| Introduction bullet points: | - Both poems focus on the themes of longing and desire. -In the poem sonnet 29, the poet, EBB expresses her passion and love towards Robert Browning (outwardly) - In the farmer's bride, little emotion is expressed and the relation ship between the farmer and his bride is based on physical movement rather than speech, with ambiguity |
| Point 1 : Structure and form (sonnet 29) | - written in form of a petrachan sonnet rather than the Shakespearean sonnet form. The poet perhaps chose this old form of love poetry and it was appropriate for her feelings, expressing that her love is timeless. This sonnet is loosely written in the Petrarchan form, with 8 lines (an octave) followed by six lines ( a sestet). The ocatve usually presents concerns and questioning , and the sestet provides a solution, however a solution is reached in the middle of line 7 - the fact that it is early and in the middle of a line, emphasizes her impatience to see her lover. ' Who art dearer, better!' - caesura creates a volta, as her thoughts deviate . - 'out broad leaves' - slips out of iambic pentameter- suggests how powerful and intense her thoughts are love is overwhelming- loses control, not only herself but poetic form breaks rule of sonnet- form of perfect love refuses to follow form perfectly and it will not be until the two are together unable to use the form correctly- intensity of feeling overpower |
| Point 1: (the farmer's bride) Structure and form | - Irregular indentation and varying line lengths represents imbalance in society - In the form of a dramatic monologue, mostly in iambic tetrameter, with a rhyme scheme that varies throughout the poem. - In the first 2 stanzas, the farmer recites the unsuccessful marriage between the couple, 'three summers since' and then discusses his wife's actions and behaviour |
| Point 2: voice + women( sonnet 29) | - Sonnet 29 is the voice of the poet, EBB. Although is from the female perspective, the imagery presents women in a weak light: ' wild vines, about a tree' - The conceit suggests that women are dependent on men, mirroring the fact vine is weak and needs stability to grow against the solid tree |
| Point 2: voice and women ( the farmer's bride) | - The farmer's bride is written by charlotte mew, however the voice of the poem is that of the farmer, from the male perspective. It can be inferred that the poet uses the male voice to present her thoughts towards male dominance. The wife has no voice throughout the poem, which is reflected through the title, ' the farmer's bride', which suggests that she is the possession of her husband and is his ownership. This idea, reflects on the male dominant society and the perception of females at the time. Appears as complete madness, silence reflects women not having a voice in the society at the time, emphasizes the lack of voice |
| Point 3 : nature ( sonnet 29) | Semantic field of nature 'trees' branches', 'vines'- intertwines grows out of control, explores intense and uncontrollable passion emphasized by the internal rhyme of 'thee' and ' tree' Her thoughts are constantly growing and unrestrained Her thoughts suffocate the reality, she has an altered perception |
| point 3 (nature) : the farmer's bride | the poem suggests that it is a Metaphor for Britain's industrialization, in which nature has been shunned due to a greater use in mass machinery Perhaps Mew is presenting women's greater link to nature compared to men who seek to trap or destroy nature The animals seem to be at one with the bride. she follows animals animals do not follow a set structure, freedom of choice, act instinctively- runs away from husband, like an animal she acts based on 'flight or fight' rather than bowing down to society' Harsh, backward dialogue, seems for wise for being silent does not want to conform Introspective woman- close affinity to animals, which is seen as negative * 'three summer's' - vibrant warm, season reflects relationship 'like the shut of a winter's day' quick change like the weather winter, negative and cold connotations decaying relationship |
| Point 4: ending (sonnet 29) | - the transition from the problem to solution reflects the difference between thinking about her lover and by being with him. This is emphasized by the reversal of the first and last lines, ' I think of thee', ' i do not think of thee'. This repetition creates a cyclical ending and a need to draw him closer to him. |
| Point 4 - ending: the farmer's bride | - ' tis but a stair betwixt us' symbolically on different levels she is above him, symbolically the farmer is just the voice but the woman has taken the upper hand. She has remained true to herself. stair between, physically not large distance but metaphorically huge |
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