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GCSE AQA English Poems 2017

Follower
1. Quotes
  1. His shoulders globed like a full sail strung
    1. Detail showing the strength and intricacy of the childs view
  2. An expert
    1. He respected his father a lot
  3. Mapping the furrow exactly
    1. Mapping a future for the child perhaps
  4. I wanted to grow up and plough
    1. Didn't end up like this however
  5. Behind me and will not go away
    1. Perhaps has died and guilt follows him
    2. Reverse from the start
When we two parted
1. Quotes
  1. Half broken-hearted
    1. Suggests she is not upset
    2. Could be that they are both a little upset
  2. In silence and tears
    1. Repeats, start and finish
      1. Shows little has changed
        Perhaps more bitter
  3. In silence I grieve
    1. Death connotations
  4. In secret we met
    1. Forbidden relationship
Love's Philosophy
1. Quotes
  1. And the rivers with the OCean
    1. Progression of constant water
  2. Nothing in the world is single
    1. Exaggeration
      1. Persuasive technique
  3. If thou kiss not me?
    1. Rhetorical question - end of stanza
Porphyria's lover
1. Quotes
  1. Porphyria worshipped me: suprise made my heart swell
    1. Me
      1. Self-centered
    2. Suprise
      1. She is a higher class perhaps
  2. And yet God has not said a word!
    1. Throaway line
    2. Thinks he has done nothing wrong
  3. And, last, she sat down by my side
    1. Annoyance
The farmer's bride
1. Quotes
  1. Too young maybe - but more's to do
    1. Shows that he married for the farm, not love
  2. She sleeps up in the attic
    1. Mental seperation and distance
  3. Oh! my God!
    1. Realisation
  4. Wide brown stare
    1. Connotations of prey
Walking away
1. Quotes
  1. Gnaws at my mind still
    1. Violent imagery
  2. Wrenched from it's orbit, go drifting away
    1. Familiarity of the "orbit"
  3. It is eighteen years ago, almost to the day
    1. He remembers well
  4. Pathos of a half-fledged thing set free
    1. Innocent, still needs his dad
Eden Rock
1. Quotes
  1. Crossing is not as hard as you might think
    1. Into heaven?
  2. I had not thought that it would be like this
    1. Could be life without his parents
    2. Could be heaven
  3. Three suns
    1. Holy trinity
    2. Light
Climbing my grandfather
1. Quotes
  1. Trying to get a grip
    1. Holding onto the relationship - struggling
  2. I rest for a while in the shade
    1. Security of the shade
  3. Smooth and thick (later on...) wrinkles well-spaced
    1. Juxtaposition
Sonnet 29
1. Quotes
Neutral Tones
1. Quotes
Letters from Yorkshire
1. Quotes
Mother, any distance
1. Quotes
  1. You come to help me
    1. Contrasting from start to end
  2. Anchor. Kite
    1. She is the secure anchor and he is the kite, flying away
  3. I reach
  4. Endless sky to fall or fly
    1. Bird leaving a nest
      1. Security of the nest
Before you were mine
1. Quotes
  1. Maggie McGeeney
    1. Poet names her mothers friend but never formally adresses her mum
      1. Could show a sensitivity of the subject
  2. Marilyn
    1. Marilyn Monroe
      1. Suggests beauty and fashion
  3. Blows round your legs
    1. Carefree
Winter swans
1. Quotes
Singh Song!
1. Quotes
  1. Vee share in (x2)
    1. Shows the closeness of the relationship
  2. My bride (x3)
    1. Possession on "my" suggests he is supprised to have her and is very protective of her
  3. I say/she say (x4)
    1. Sounds almost like a song, shows the lighter side
2. Phonetic spelling
3. Repition

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