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Description
Mind Map by Holly Salt, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Holly Salt
about 11 years ago
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The Farmer's Bride
- What the poem's about
- a farmer has been
married for 3 years
but his bride is
frightened of them
- In the poem he
thinks about this,
telling the story of
how the relationship
went wrong. he
doesn't blame
himself. He desired
his wife
- Her rejection of him is
almost unbearable for him
but he expresses his
thoughts in a fairly
matter-of-fact way. By the
end it seems he may be
struggling to resist taking
her by force
- a farmer has been
married for 3 years
but his bride is
frightened of them
- Form
- The poem is a dramatic monologue, mostly in iambic tetrameter with a rhyme
scheme that varies through the poem. This helps to give the poem a strong
rhythm and driving the narrative forward without becoming predictable
- The poem is a dramatic monologue, mostly in iambic tetrameter with a rhyme
scheme that varies through the poem. This helps to give the poem a strong
rhythm and driving the narrative forward without becoming predictable
- Structure
- The farmer tells the story of the marriage
through the first 2 stanzas, then goes on to
discuss how his wife is now, how he feels
towards her, his sadness and his desire
- The farmer tells the story of the marriage
through the first 2 stanzas, then goes on to
discuss how his wife is now, how he feels
towards her, his sadness and his desire
- Language about nature
- The farmer uses imagery mainly take
from the natural world. This both
reflects on who the farmer is and in
his descriptions of his wife links her
to images of nature and wilderness.
In the second stanza she is linked to a
hunted hare
- The farmer uses imagery mainly take
from the natural world. This both
reflects on who the farmer is and in
his descriptions of his wife links her
to images of nature and wilderness.
In the second stanza she is linked to a
hunted hare
- Dialect
- The poem contains many
dialect words which help to
give a strong sense of the
farmer's character
- We can hear his voice in his
language and in his
grammar- this adds to the
drama as it helps us picture
the people involved
- The poem contains many
dialect words which help to
give a strong sense of the
farmer's character
- Feelings and attitudes
- Frustration: he
wants to have a
sexual
relationship with
her and to have
children but she's
unwilling
- Desire: the
farmer is clearly
attracted to his
wife. This is
expressed both in
the imagery he
uses to describe
her and the way
he breaks down at
the end of the
poem
- Fear: there is a sense of
foreboding- the farmer is
struggling to keep his desire
for her under control and
there is little to suggest that
there will be a happy ending
fro the married couple
- Frustration: he
wants to have a
sexual
relationship with
her and to have
children but she's
unwilling
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