Cozy Apologia

• My pen exudes, drying matte, upon the page.

  • assonance of 'u' sound - feeling of warmth and comfort
  • detailed, vivid images shows the personal importance of writing to the narrator - writing reminds her of her husband
  • compares love to ordinary things - mundane love
  • first person - autobiographical - sentimentality
• 'Oddly male: Big Bad Floyd

  • mocks the hurricane - she doesn't take it seriously
  • colloquial language - hurricane has been personified as a playground bully - undermining its power and devastation
  • after mention of hurricane, stanza loses its rhyme scheme - nature has more power than people - reflecting the destructive nature of the hurricane
• context

  • It is set against the arrival of Hurricane Floyd, a powerful storm which hit the east coast of the USA in 1999
• structure

  • In the first stanza, Dove uses the clichéd image of a knight in shining armour.
  • In the second stanza, Dove reminiscences on her childhood ‘crushes’.
  • In the last stanza, Dove ends with how happy she is with her everyday ‘ordinary; life/relationship
• I fill this stolen time with you.

  • "I fill" - conscious choice and reflects a sense os purposeful emotional engagement, not just passing time
  • "stolen time" - time isn't normally available, guilt or indulgence as if taking a moment for love is a luxury in this modern world
  • "with you" - direct and intimate, everyday love that quietly fills the speakers life
  • grateful to have time to think about her relationships - content with her life