apologia quotes

• i could pick anything and think of you


  personal pronouns establish a personal and intimate tone from the start
• this lamp , the wind still rain


  ordinary objects contrast with the extravagant imagery in traditional love poems
• the glossy blue my pen exudes , drying matte , upon the page


  detailed vivid imagery shows importance of writing as if its part of Rita's identity
• i could choose any hero , any cause or age


  traditional chiche of romantic hero
• sure as shooting arrows to my heart


  reference to Cupid
• astride a dapple mare


  cliche imagery of knight in shining armor

  humourous tone
• there you'll be 


  confident that the husband will be there
• to set me free

  one eye smiling , the other firm upon the enemy


  partner is associated with freedom and safety
• this post pose modern age


  volta

  gives poem a casual tone
• a do-it-now-and-take-no-risks


  hyphenation creates sense of urgency reflecting modern communication
• hurricane is nudging


  juxtaposition

  intense storm but gentle action
• oddly male : Big Bad Floyd


  personifying the hurricane and mocking it

  undermines danger
• of teenage crushes on worthless boys


  Fred is superior and more mature than them
• cussing up a storm


  colloquial language takes the seriousness of the hurricane away
• Aerie , i'm perched in mine


  metaphor

  bird imagery links the couple together
• content , but fall short of the Divine


  content shows their love is ordinary which contrasts with divine idealised love
• and yet , because nothing else will do

  to keep me from melancholy (call it blues) ,

  i fill this stolen time with you


  more stronger and decisive tone

  use of brackets make it more personal and intimate

  final emphaises on her partner