Strawberries (techniques)

Strawberries (techniques)

1. Theme of love/tenderness

   • "your knees held in mine"
     • Suggestive. Shows contact between the lovers. Suggests intimacy, passion, can't keep their hands off each other.
   • "And I bent towards you, sweet in that air"
     • physical approach, bending is more gentle, tender than moving. constantly holding each other.

2. Theme of memory/nostalgia

   • unique, special. no other love affair will be the same. Compares every romantic encounter to this one. Connotations of Stawberries- love, romance.
     • "there were never strawberries like the ones we had"
     • "the taste of strawberries in my memory"

3. Sound

   • assonance
     • "there were never strawberries"
       • sound emulates the musicality of love. shows how harmonious love can be. shows strength of love.
   • alliteration
     • "lean back again, let me love you"
       • sound is soft and lovingly pleads. musical sound.
   • sybilance
     • "let the storm wash the plates"
       • sensual effect

4. Verse form

   • free verse
     • no boundaries, no pauses, no rules (punctuation) flows. shows freedom of love, no formal structure, no rhymes/forced rhymes.
       • excitement - blurts it all out. Love is not forced.

5. Nostalgic Tone

   • "one hour of all the heat intense"
     • intensity of emotion. shows passion, tenderness. tone mirrors the couples gentle yet intense love

6. word choice

   • "sultry" "intense" "glistening" "eager" "dipped in sugar" "abandoned"
     • lust, sexy, stormy, confusing lust with love

7. Setting

   • "kilpatrick hills"
     • bombed during the war, destructive, chaotic relationship?
   • "hot sunlight"
     • summer. sweaty, hot, lustful.
   • "open french window"
     • taking the love outside.