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The Solitary Reaper

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AS Level english (poetry) Mind Map on The Solitary Reaper, created by Jake Crossland on 02/04/2014.
Jake Crossland
Mind Map by Jake Crossland, updated more than 1 year ago
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The Solitary Reaper
  1. context
    1. poet - William Wordsworth
      1. believed in Pantheism
        1. being at one with nature improves relationship with God
        2. Romantic
          1. emotion and intuition over reason and intellect
          2. 'nature is the music of humanity'
            1. 'the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings'
            2. time written - 1807
            3. literary techniques
              1. ballad form
                1. alternates between lines of iambic tetrameter/trimeter (s/6 syllables)
                  1. traditional form = traditional work
                    1. usually a song
                      1. echoes content of poem
                        1. tells epic events - elevates the reaper
                      2. shifting focus of stanzas
                        1. first - imperatives
                          1. second - declaratives
                            1. third - interrogatives
                            2. alliteration
                              1. archaic language - 'yon', 'ne'er'
                                1. reminder
                                2. apostrophe - 'O listen!'
                                  1. strong outburst of feeling
                                    1. overwhelmed
                                    2. religious term - 'Behold her'
                                      1. utmost repect
                                        1. adoration
                                        2. sibilance - 'silence of the seas'
                                          1. almost onomatopoeic
                                        3. theme of work
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