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Flashcards by Lynne Weber, updated more than 1 year ago
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| Question | Answer |
| What is a Sonnet? | a poem that is composed of 14 lines |
| What is a Petrarchan Sonnet? | a sonnet named after its most famous user with a very particular structure |
| How is a Petrarchan Sonnet structured? | it is divided into two parts: an octave and a sestet |
| Besides dead, specifically what is the other reason Shakespeare compares himself to glowing embers | youth is a glowing fire that has burned through and consumed him and after it had burned up all he had he is now just a faint glow of what he once was. |
| Why does the speaker in sonnet 73 compare a tree to a church? | the branches of the tree stand for the steps of the church where the choir sings. Now the birds and the choir has left, leaving empty branches or an empty church. |
| Describe the structure of the sonnet "First Poem for You" | it gestures at Iambic pentameter but strays from it often, making it erregular. it contains both hypermetric lines which have too many syllables for its meter, and also hypometric lines which have not enough. The speaker is most likely female as the writer is also female. |
| What kind of imagery does the speaker use? How does it compare to that of Shakespeare. | She uses natural imagery such as the the water, serpent, and lightning of her lovers tattoos, though her language is not merely figurative unlike that of Shakespeare. |
| How does this poem deal with permanence and impermanence? How does the speaker feel about these ideas? | Unlike Shakespeare the speaker here is not totally sure that her love can last. She is prepared for both the permanence and impermanence of her current romance. She loves the tattoos of her lover but she fears that they could outlast her, even be touched and loved by some other women after she is gone. The speaker is weary about her future but looks forward to a good outcome. |
| what are end-stop and enjambment lines? Does this poem contain them? | end stop lines are when you reach the end of the line and have the entire idea, where as an enjambment line has to be continued to the next line to get all information. This poem only has one end-stop line which gives the line more power and emphasis. |
| What is syntax? | sentence structure. |
| describe the structure of the sonnet "Women Bathing at Bergen-Belsen" | it is roughly irregular with a very subtle rhyme scheme if it is even present at all. the poem is in third person and the speaker is most likely a women. |
| What is the purpose of this sonnet? What does it focus on? | the women of the poem are unabashed about being naked in front of men which seems perculiar. if can be seen though that for so long the women have been told what to do and where to go that now they are reveling in thefact they can decide to take care of themselves. this act is a way of hnouring the bodies they now have control over again. Even in this place of pain with death all around, for at least a little while they can enjoy something for themselves. |
| What ideas does the poem infer about the human body? | there is evident love for the human body hear as well as important meaning. the dead bodies are described as gravestone, demanding remembrance for those that have died. The living represent hope and care. these women can honor there own living spirits by honoring the body that houses them. this allows them to be thankful to be alive. |
| in first poem for you, how does the description of sexual acts differ from that of What Lips my Lips have Kissed? | in this poem the speaker is much more specific in her relationship and what she actually does to express love, while the speaker in what lips my lips have kissed in my vague and focuses more on symbolism and age rather then physical, in the moment descriptions. |
| what is our fine interpretation of the speakers emotions? | she has a slight desperation for permanence, terrified of the tattoos and there ability to remain when perhaps she wont. although she understands that things could end badly she is not content with this possibility. she wants to replace the permanence of the tattoos on his skin with herself. |
| how does the writers voice and intention differ from that of What lips my lips have kissed? | this poem talks aboutt he desire to remain, to stay in the moment and in the physical rhelm, while what lips my lips have kissed is about forgotten lovers, many not just one. The fact that one is about one particular person, the other about many facless ghosts tells the speakers intentions. one wants to hold on while the other wanted, but many not still want, to let go. |
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