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22 Cards in this Set
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Umbrella Sentence |
In Singh Song!" the poet's represent marriage as loving and reciprocal, whereas in "The Farmer's Bride" it is loveless and unconsummated. |
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Topic sentence 1 |
In "The Farmer's Bride," the wife is presented as timid and afraid; however, in "Singh Song!" the wife is presented as rebellious and unconventional. |
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TS1 TFB - "flying like a hare" |
L - Simile Hares are nervous and skittish when encountering humans -> Fast moving as she tries to run away I - Imagery aligns the bride with animals as she's more comfortable with them. D - Feminist perspective, women in this era were regards as property and has no power -> where controlled. R - Sympathy for bride modern reader shocked at her imprisonment |
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TS1 TFB - "turned afraid... like the shut of a winter's day" |
L - Simile Connotes her mood of depression and how she's become emotionally cold towards him. D - Afraid in strange environment with a stranger for a husband I - Implies she's afraid of physical intimacy. |
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TS1 SS - "crew cut" |
Her clothing signifies that as a 2nd generation British Sikh woman she is a product of both cultures. C - Signifies her unconventional and rebellious nature -> In Sikh religion they don't cut their hair because it is sacred (Kesh) |
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TS1 SS - "Eyes ov a gun" |
L - Simile Wife is aggressive and threatening - explosive and dangerous when angry I - Intimidating and a person doesn't want to incur her wrath. |
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TS2 TFB - "What's Christmas time without there be some other in the house then we" |
Suggest a want for children C - Christian purpose in marriage is to produce offspring within the sanctity of marriage. |
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TS2 TFB - "down" |
Develops subjects alignment with the animal kingdom. D - Sensory image suggesting that he wants to touch or caress her. I - Emphasises her youth R - Reader feels pity for the farmer as he doesn't know how to develop a relationship with his wife. |
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TS2 TFB - "the brown" "her hair" |
L - Syntax breaks with the punctuation and reputation in the final line I - The farmer longs for physical intimacy with his bride. |
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TS2 SS - "Made luv like vee rowing through Putney" |
L - Simile D - Passionate relationship - Energetic love life |
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TS2 SS - Mercantile Lexis |
Money can't buy you love (and her live for him is priceless) D - Money is a source of security C - We can infer that the speakers attitude towards money is different to his 1st generation immigrant father for whom money was more important. |
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Topic Sentence 2 |
Whereas in "Singh Song!" the speaker's desire for the subject, his wife, is satisfied, in "The Farmer's Bride" the husband's longing for the subject is unfulfilled. |
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Topic Sentence 3 |
Whereas in "Singh Song!" the speaker and his wife a separated physically, in "The Farmer's Bride" the speaker is separated not only physically but also on an emotional level. |
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TS3 TFB - "A stair betwixt us" |
Physically, there is only a stair that separates them. They sleep in different rooms. I - Emotionally their is a gulf that separates them as the farmer can't bridge the emotional gap. D - Emphasises the subjects isolation and is a physical symbol of the emotional distance between them. |
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TS3 TFB - "Runned" |
L - Non-standard English Farmer is rural uneducated man D - Lacks emotional intelligence to understand his bride. R - sympathy for the Bride whose husband has not dedicated time to knowing and reassuring her. |
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TS3 SS - "You" |
L - Pronoun Direct address Aligns the reader with the speakers customers who function as an obstacle that prevents him from spending time with his wife. |
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TS3 SS - Has to work in his "daddy's shop" |
L - Childlike diction Father controls or dominate speaker. I - Quite an English phrase, shows how he is more integrated into the culture - "9 o'clock to 9 o'clock" -> work long hours and have a strong work ethic just like his father does. |
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FORM & STRUCTURE - TFB |
The poem explores the different emotions that both the speaker and wife experience. Including their loveless marriage, how she has changed since marriage and how the speaker wants to change. |
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FORM & STRUCTURE - SS |
- Chronological structure from 9 in the morning until late at night - Mundane, restricted, routine life.- Stanzaic structure changes at the end and reflects their uninterrupted time together as a couple (after customers leave) and their close bond and love for each other. |
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RRR - TFB |
There are sections of concentrated rhyming lines. - Shows the farm hands and her husband closing in on her which creates a claustrophobic atmosphere. R - Reader aligns with the wife's fear and also feel worried for her oppressive environment. |
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RRR - SS |
Irregular rhyme scheme - contrast with the regularity and mundanity of his working life. Reflects his rebellious unconventional actions. |
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CONCLUSION |
- SS based, on own experiences as second generation Indian and the expectations of his first generation parents - ability of loving marriage to transcend mundanity of everyday life. FM poet's purpose very different - warning of tragic consequences, for both men and women, of marriage entered into without love. |
