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21 Cards in this Set
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What is the Umbrella Sentence? |
In both 'Winter Swans' and 'Letters from Yorkshire' the poet's represent distance as being emotional or physical and as being difficult to overcome. |
Emotional, physical, difficult to overcome. |
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What is topic sentence 1? |
Where's the distance between the couple's in 'Winter Swans' is mainly emotional, the distance between the couple in 'Letters from Yorkshire' is physical. |
Distance is emotional/physical |
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What is topic sentence 2? |
Both poems use natural imagery to convey the distance in the relationship. |
Natural imagery |
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What is topic sentence 3? |
In 'Winter Swans' the couple struggle to communicate, whereas in 'Letters from Yorkshire' it is written communication that overcomes the distance between them. |
Communication |
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"Like a pair of wings settling after flight". WS |
L - Simile D - Flight represents the turbulence of their conflict. I - Settling is symbolic of emotional calm. |
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"They mate for life" WS |
L - Speech D - Only spoken communication. Direct speech = A turning point in emotions. His partner reminded him of their marriage vows and how they should honour them. C - Possibly reflects Owen Sheers' ow martial status. |
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"Message" and "Miles" LFY |
L - Alliteration D - However far apart they are, they are always connected through their letters and messages. |
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"Tap out messages" LFY |
L - Onomatopoeia They type messages to eachother I - Their souls connote the beating if hearts and their strong spiritual bond and connection that spans the distance. |
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"break" in the rain. WS |
L - Verb I - Rain symbolising tears of pain or grief. Break in rain is the arguments has halted. |
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"unison" WS |
L - Metaphor for relationships L - Noun D - Just as swans movement seems effortless, under the water they're working hard. |
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"Air and light" LFY |
L - Metaphor 'light' symbolises hope - His words brighten her day. 'air' symbolises a breath of fresh air - Helps her to survive her claustrophobic urban environment, just as air helps us survive. I - He works with the elements - Her reference for elements emphasises how their bond is elemental and necessary to her survival. C - Poet worked in Yorkshire with a country Irish background. |
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"Skirted the lake" WS |
L - Verb D - Skirting around their relationship problems - Avoiding reigniting the argument or disagreement |
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"Walked" WS |
L - Verb D - Relationships are a long and turbulent journey. |
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"Same news in different houses" LFY |
Contrasting words - Different locations geographically but they have the same live bond despite physical separation. I - Subversion of a common romantic trope of them both watching the same news programme |
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"Word" and "Worlds" LFY |
L - Alliterative half rhyme L - Metaphor Implies their lives are worlds apart rather than a few hundred miles. D - Shows the importance of their words in linking/bridging the gap between their two 'worlds'. |
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What is the structure topic sentence? |
Structurally, both poems are written in trecets; however, in 'Winter Swans" the structure breaks in the final two line stanza to show the couple coming together. |
Trecets, structure break, two line stanza. |
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Talk about rhyme in 'Letters from Yorkshire" |
- Free verse, no regular metre Gives it an informal and intimate tone which reflected their letters and love. |
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What is the meaning in "Letters from Yorkshire?" |
Long distance relationships can work and love is kept alive through communication. |
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Talk about structure in 'Letters from Yorkshire" |
- Stanzaic triplets - Odd number; not couplets - emphasises the distance between them physically. |
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Talk about structure in 'Winter Swans" |
Enjambment in final 2 stanzas represents how the couple move closer emotionally after this separation. They are less divided (fewer end stops) |
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Talk about rhyme in "Winter Swans." |
Couplets usually rhyme - in the final stanza they don't which suggests that despite the couples decision to stay together, working on their relationship may not be easy or harmonious. |
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