Hour

Description

Mind Map on Hour, created by eilishhardy on 03/12/2014.
eilishhardy
Mind Map by eilishhardy, updated more than 1 year ago
eilishhardy
Created by eilishhardy about 11 years ago
33
1

Resource summary

Hour
  1. poem describes an hour spent between the narrator and her lover
    1. poet personifies time as love's enemy but in this perfect moment love almost manages to stop time
      1. Form
        1. poem is addressed to her lover
          1. makes it seem direct and intimate
          2. enjambment between 2nd&3rd, and 3rd &4th stanza creates pauses that reflect stopping of time that they're experiencing
            1. sonnet
            2. structure
              1. first two lines are personification of love & time but also has memories of specific afternoon
                1. final couplet links back to personified images of love and time in first stanza
                  1. made up of one syllable words-make it forceful and direct ending to quite a dreamy poem
                2. language about time
                  1. time is portrayed as love's enemy
                    1. imagery isn't precise-suggests the dreamy experience of the lovers
                      1. 'love's time beggar' 'even a single hour'
                        1. love is dependant on time, but time doesn't need love
                          1. love makes people beg for time
                            1. goes to fast
                            2. 'for thousands of seconds'
                              1. gives sense of time slowing down
                                1. cheating time-making it seem more by counting in smallest division
                              2. 'now'
                                1. single word brings focus onto single moment poet is trying to capture
                              3. language about money&wealth
                                1. 'bright as a dropped coin'
                                  1. simile-hour is more precious for being unexpected
                                    1. or the hour's like a coin that's been dropped as for a beggar
                                      1. you feel rich that you have love
                                  2. 'backhanding'
                                    1. suggests bribing as well as pushing back the nigh
                                    2. 'spins gold, gold, gold from straw'
                                      1. repetition-adds emphasis to how wonderful this time is
                                        1. also adds to sense of time being slowly spun out
                                        2. creating something precious from something ordinary makes seem like magic
                                          1. love is the winner
                                            1. rumpelstiltskin-fairytale
                                            2. materials
                                              1. flowers
                                                1. wine
                                              2. 'summer sky and a grass ditch'
                                                1. contrast
                                                  1. beauty and simple
                                                    1. untraditional
                                                    2. 'midas light turning your limbs to gold'
                                                      1. light at sunset makes everything look golden
                                                        1. might symbolise the way that loves makes everything look different
                                                        2. love isn't always what you expect
                                                        3. 'no jewel hold a candle to the cuckoo spit'
                                                          1. through eyes of lover everything looks precious
                                                            1. 'spit'- they're so happy
                                                            Show full summary Hide full summary

                                                            Similar

                                                            English Language Techniques
                                                            lewis001
                                                            Using GoConqr to teach English literature
                                                            Sarah Egan
                                                            Using GoConqr to study English literature
                                                            Sarah Egan
                                                            New English Literature GCSE
                                                            Sarah Egan
                                                            A Level: English language and literature techniques = Structure
                                                            Jessica 'JessieB
                                                            A Level: English language and literature technique = Dramatic terms
                                                            Jessica 'JessieB
                                                            The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
                                                            K d
                                                            English Speech Analysis Terminology
                                                            Fionnghuala Malone
                                                            English Literary Terminology
                                                            Fionnghuala Malone
                                                            To Kill A Mockingbird GCSE English
                                                            naomisargent
                                                            Bayonet Charge flashcards
                                                            katiehumphrey