Poetry Aqa Anthology Tings

Loving relationships

Key quotes

Key themes

Structure

Imagery

Language

Poems I can compare

Sonnet 29

“I think of thee- my thought do twine and bud”

“wild vines”

“insphere thee”

“within thy shadow a new air”

“I do not think of thee- I am too near thee”

Fulfilment

 Nature

Desire and longing

 Distance

Iambic pentameter- Mimics heartbeat/ natural speech patterns. Perfect through whole sonnet until last line. Shows when she is with him she cannot control herself.

Vine tree- love is compared to a plant – natural imagery.

“Palm tree” – tall, strong has power over her

Loves Philosophy

Porphyria’s lover

When we two parted

Winter swans

Singh Song

Neutral tones

The Farmers bride

Singh Song!

“I run just one ov my daddys shops”

“she effing at my mum”

“vee share in the chapatti we share in the chutney”

Fulfilment

Rebellion

Irregular structure- shows their love has no structure

No full stops- unfinished, his life is a continuous cycle, their love will not end.

Song - strong lyrical voice. The structure does not stay the same, highly repetitive, creating a sense of closeness between the two speakers.

Metaphor of cat and mouse- men she is catching is both men. Web and ‘netting’ pray.

Uses metaphors to describe her as a ‘teddy’

Uses colour imagery to describe her swearing.

Stars- shop as romantic.

Winter swans

Sonnet 29

Porphyria’s lover

Loves philosophy

“Nothing in the world is single”

“Why not I with thine?”

“Mountains kiss high heaven”

“Why not I with thine?”

Longing

Desire and longing

Nature

8 lines- infinity sign (8) shows love is infinite

ABAB rhyme

Every stanza ends in rhetorical question- confused

2 stanzas- two of them

Natural imagery- description of mountains and waves.

Shows love has natural beauty. Their love is pure so it is not forced and is beautiful

When we two parted

Sonnet 29

The Farmers Bride

Difficult relationships

Key quotes

Key themes

Structure

Imagery

Language

Poems I can compare

Winter Swans

“icebergs of white feather”

“Silent and apart”

“like a pair of wings settling after flight”

“we skirted the lake, silent”

“waterlogged”

Fulfilment

Distance

Nature

Partnership

Conflict

Love

7 stanzas- first 6 are three lines and last is 2, shows they are together again

Irregular rhyme, shift in relationship

Enjambment, relationship flows

Swans- pure, white, angelic

Pathetic fallacy- tears

Neutral Tones

“That winter day”

“the sun was white”

“grin of bitterness”

“God- curst sun”

“the smile on your mouth was the deadest thing”

Inconsistent rhyme- uncomfortable feeling between them

Circular structure as poem ends in same setting as start

Winter- death

Blunt weather

Still water of pond  shows relationship is not moving

Sun- it is white which shows it is deprived of his power

Leaves- decay, just like relationship

Ash- fire that has burnt, death of relationship.

When We Two Parted

“in silence and tears”

“Half broken- hearted”

“colder thy kiss”

“they vows are all broken”

Heart break

Love

Enjambment- Continuous mourning

Each stanza has 8 lines- still feels the same

Commas- he wants to carry on- state of mind

Cold

Porphyria’s Lover

“When glided in Porphyria”

“She shut out the cold and the storm”

“at last I knew, Porphyria worshipped me”

The Farmer’s Bride

‘The Farmer’s Bride’

‘she runned away’

‘her smile went out like the shut of a winters day’

‘three summers since I chose a maid’

Family relationships

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Key themes

Structure

Imagery

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Poems I can compare to:

Walking away

“Go drifting away”

“and love was proved in the letting go”

 “you walking away from me”

Follower

“All I ever did was follow”

“tripping, falling, yapping always”

“its my father who keeps stumbling behind me and will not go away”

Climbing My Grandfather

“I decide to do it free”

“earth stained hand”

“Watching clouds and birds circle”

Before you were mine

Mother, Any Distance

Eden Rock

Letters from Yorkshire