Structure

• When We Two Parted - Structure


  Progression of emotion from hurt, to betrayal and then acceptance
• Love's Philosophy - Structure


  Repetition of "and the" throughout the poem
• Porphyria's Lover - Structure


  ABABB rhyme scheme-unexpected alteration from traditional ABAB - controlled yet out of the ordinary - reflecting poem
• Sonnet 29 - 'I think of thee' - Structure

  Petrarchan sonnet with volta in unnatural position - Barrett Browning imperfect without Robert Browning
• Sonnet 29 - 'I think of thee' - Structure

  Conceit of her thoughts as vines surrounding him - the tree
• Neutral Tones- Structure


  ABAB rhyme scheme - straightforward - neutral
• Neutral Tones - Structure


  Inconsistent rhythm - uncomfortable feelings felt within the relationship


  Cyclical structure
• Letters from Yorkshire - Structure


  Written like normal speech - poem about two ordinary people
• Farmer's Bride - structure


  Entirely from Farmer's perspective - wife is silent throughout
• Farmer's Bride - structure


  As the poem develops, the farmer gradually loses hope in his relationship
• Walking Away - Structure


  Semantic field of nature
• Walking Away - Structure


  ABACA rhyme scheme is consistent reflecting consistency of parental love
• Walking Away - Structure


  "away" is repeated in each stanza continuing the theme of separation and development in the relationship
• Eden Rock - Structure


  4 quatrains and a 1 line stanza - last line symbolising gap between life and death
• Eden Rock - Structure


  Steady rhythm - stable relationship between writer and parents
• Eden Rock - Structure


  Half rhyme (e.g. "dress" "stress" or "hat" "light") reflecting the incomplete nature of their relationship
• Follower - Structure


  5 quatrains - strong, sturdy structure
• Follower- Structure


  ABAB half-rhyme - ABAB is strong (Father) but half-rhyme is weak (Son)

  Father vs son
• Mother, any distance - Structure


  Rhyme decreases as the poem goes on (and distance between them increases)
• Mother, any distance - Structure


  As the poem progresses, stanza structure becomes less regular
• Before You Were Mine - Structure


  Conversational tone through caesura
• Before You Were Mine - Structure


  Enaleptic frames - stories within stories as a flashback
• Winter Swans - Structure


  6 tercets and one couplet at the end. Couplet emphasises that they are now a couple again
• Winter Swans - Structure


  Irregular line length and disjointed rhythm reflecting the conflict between them
• Winter Swans - Structure


  Lots of enjambment, even across stanza, suggesting that a relationship always flows
• Singh Song! - Structure


  Subject of stanza alternates between his work and his marriage
• Singh Song! - Structure


  "Hey Singh, ver yoo bin?"... refrain. Reflects how despite Singh's wish to be with his wife, his work always comes back
• Singh Song! - Structure


  Repetition of "my bride" - Singh is obsessed with his wife and the shop is going to ruin
• Singh Song! - Structure


  Poem ends with husband and wife together, how they want to be
• Climbing My Grandfather - Structure


  The poem is shaped like a climbing wall
• Climbing My Grandfather - Structure


  Unbroken single stanza and no set rhythm or rhyme reflecting natural conversation and nature