Q memory jogger

Cards (25)

  • name the quote from Loves Philosophy that uses natural imagery and personification of "mingle" to show the theme of relationships in nature and how beautiful can mix with ugly and opposites attract.
    "the fountains mingle with the river"
  • name the quote form Loves Philosophy that shows the link back to the title of philosophy, the philosophical argument reducing the concept of love down to a plea
    "all things by a law divine"
  • name the quote in Loves Philosophy that uses a rhetorical question and an Archaic pronoun (“thine”) – adds formality and timelessness to the love; creates a sense of yearning from a romantic speaker. Shows the first instance of unrequited love, the monosyllabic nature of the line adds to its impact making the stanza more persuasive
    "why not I with thine ? "
  • name the quote from Sonnet-29 that shows that the speaker has though about their lover so much they cannot see them in there minds eye, also implies there's nothing she can see
    "and soon there nought to see"
  • name the quote in Sonnet-29 that shows her growing thoughts are beginning to feed off of him and become detrimental. it also sets up an internal rhyme make the relationship appear more harmonious
    "thee, as wild vines around a tree"
  • name the quote in Sonnet-29 that shows how she is worrying that their love for each other will conceal their true selves
    "green which hides the wood"
  • name the quote from Neutral Tones that shows how Hardy personifies the quote to highlight their lack of communication. But also shows the speed of their communication showing the lack of meaning
    "And some words played between us to and fro"
  • name the quote from Neutral Tones that shows the loss of love over time using temporal deixis to create a state of stagnancy. Also enjambment reflect the physical nature of love to create texture
    "tedious riddles of years ago"
  • name the quote in Neutral Tones that shows a lack of colour showing a lack of life between the couple but the colour has connotations of angelic which juxtaposes the other phrase meaning the place has been rebuked by God
    "Sun was white, as though chidden of God"
  • name the quote from Eden Rock that shows the separation from the rest of the poem to symbolise the separation the speaker experiences from his parents
    "I had not thought that is would be like this"
  • name the quote in Eden Rock that the idea of crossing into the afterlife, crossing between time periods, or a generational divide or simply different locations. Charles could be questioning the process of death
    "Crossing is not as hard as you may think"
  • name the quote in Eden Rock that shows the speakers parents being described in their youth showing his idolisation of them in their prime
    "My father, twenty-five" , " My mother, twenty-three"
  • name the quote in Follower that shows the comparison of the father to a boat/ship which emphasises how much he admires his power
    "His shoulders globed like a full sail strung"
  • name the quote in Follower that shows the father aptitude for and experience with farming, to emphasise his own feelings of displacement in the farm environment when trying to establish his own identity
    "The sod rolled over without breaking"
  • name the quote in Follower that repeats a word but this time affixed to his father, which highlights the cyclical form of the poem and the role reversal that has taken place, representative of the circle of life
    "It is my father who keeps stumbling behind me"
  • name the quote from Love's philosophy that forms an antithesis which shows the overwhelming nature of the speakers desire, he is passionate both night and day.
    And the sunlight clasps the earth, And the moonbeams kiss the sea"
  • Name the quote form Sonnet-29 that shows the use of the pronoun "my" shows their dependency on each other. Palm tree has exotic and biblical connotations, so this may be representative of either the novelty or timeless nature of their relationship
    "Yet, O my palm-tree"
  • name the quote from Neutral Tones that has the idea of falling leaves is linked to Autumn which implies that their relationship is entering Winter and all warmth is leaving it. Hardy uses monochromatic colours to suggest a one sided and dreary relationship
    "leaves lay on the starving sod; - They had fallen from an ash, and they were grey"
  • name the quote from Eden Rock that shows third person plural pronouns that distance speaker from his parents, "beckon" relates to temptation and persuasion, referencing reuniting family and is a positive embrace, enjambment creates a caesura highlighting the relaxed pace at this section of the poem
    "They beckon to me from the other bank"
  • name the quote from Follower that uses Plosive alliteration – “hob-nailed” adds harsh, heavy sounds to emphasise the physicality and strength of the father, and the speaker’s struggle to keep up.
    implies the uncertainties Heaney has about his ability to take the same path as his father, and may also imply the innocence and inexperience he has due to his young age, further planting the poem in the realm of childhood memories
    "I stumbled in his hob-nailed wake"
  • name the quote from Mother Any Distance that his mother is at the base, symbolic of home, of the tape measure, and this may imply them have now more of an emotional connection between them rather than sharing the same house. The tape measure could also be symbolic of the umbilical cord a physical connection being lost.
    "spool of tape, recording length, reporting metres, centimetres back to base"
  • name the quote from Mother Any Distance that is left on the word "fly" which suggests a positive ending to the poem. A rhyming structure is implemented in these final two lines between "sky" and "fly", which may suggest harmony and a return to certainty after Armitage's period of reflection
    " I reach towards a hatch that opens on an endless sky to fall or fly"
  • name the quote from before you were mine that uses a caesura and hyperbole to show that thoughts where rare and irregular, shows how her mother could do what she wanted when she wanted, caesura emphasises that.
    "The thought of me doesn't occur in the ballroom of a thousand eyes"
  • name the quote from before you were mine that uses a volta that implies that maybe the mother and daughter don't have the best relationship, the happiness her mum has cannot be recognised. It also uses narrative that shows the mother before and after the her.
    "The decade ahead of my loud, possessive yell was the best one, eh ?"
  • name the quote from before you were mine that uses an enjambment and a juxtaposition, the enjambment showing that love lasts forever, the juxtaposition shows how they describe love. it all shows how the writer is saying that love needs to be glamorous, when in reality without this there is nothing
    "The glamorous love lasts"