Summaries

• When We Two Parted- Summary


  A scandalous love affair that the speaker is still resentful of
• Love's Philosophy- Summary


  The speaker uses natural imagery to convince the addressee to kiss him
• Porphyria's Lover- Summary


  Speaker kills his lover to gain power in the relationship. He doesn't regret his actions.
• Sonnet 29 -'I think of thee!'- Summary


  The overwhelming intensity of love explored through natural imagery
• Neutral Tones- Summary


  The speaker is neutral describing the ending of love between them however a sense of loss and regret is hinted at
• Letters From Yorkshire- Summary


  The speaker juxtaposes their modern lifestyle with the agricultural world of an acquaintance who letters are exchanged with
• The Farmer's Bride - Summary


  A sense of wasted life is conveyed when talking about a farmer who marries a young girl who runs away and the two do not interact
• Walking Away- Summary


  A positive exploration on the importance of letting a child go and grow up
• Eden Rock- Summary


  The exploration of how familial love changes over time through the medium of a memory with the emotional and physical separation of death represented as a stream
• Follower- Summary


  The changing relationship of a Father and a son over time. The son looks up to his father but with age, his father is left to trail behind
• Mother, any distance- Summary


  A slightly sceptical exploration of a child growing up through the medium of a mother helping her son measure up his first home
• Before You Were Mine- Summary


  A daughter talking about how her mother lived before she was born
• Winter Swans- Summary


  The correcting of a relationship after conflict
• Singh Song!- Summary


  The battle between love and other commitments shown through the eyes of a shop runner with his newly wed bride upstairs
• Climbing My Grandfather- Summary


  The feeling of love towards a grandfather and the exploration of his past through the medium of climbing his grandfather like one would a mountain