17.1.7

The Farmer’s Bride - Charlotte Mew (1869-1928)

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Key Quotations in The Prelude

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“One summer evening (led by her)”

  • Personification of nature.
  • Nature is powerful, but also benevolent and gentle at this point.
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“Troubled pleasure”

  • Contrasting words.
  • These contrasting words create a sense of foreboding.
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“Small circles glittering idly in the moon”

  • Imagery.
  • The poet creates positive images of beauty at the start of the poem, presenting nature as awe-inspiring and magical.
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“A huge peak, black and huge”

  • Personification of nature.
    • Nature is personified and characterised as something menacing and frightening.
    • “Black” is associated with ideas of power and death.
  • Breaks iambic pentameter.
    • Shows how overwhelming the experience was and how nature’s power cannot be tamed.
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“There hung a darkness”

  • Dark colour imagery.
  • This highlights the haunting effect of the experience on the speaker.
  • The verb “hung” indicates that the narrator was unable to get rid of these disturbing thoughts and feelings.
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“I struck and struck again”

  • Repetition and violent language.
  • The repetition of “I struck and struck again” highlights the speaker’s panic and fear.
  • Violent language is introduced into the poem for the first time, signifying man’s battle with nature.
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“….And were a trouble to my dreams”

  • Vague language.
  • The language used by the narrator to describe the effect of the experience is vague. This highlights how the narrator is confused and unsettled by the experience.

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1When We Two Parted - Lord Byron (1788-1824)

1.1When We Two Parted Analysis

1.1.1Summary & Structure

1.1.2Themes: Death & Loss

1.1.3Themes: Time & Anger

1.1.4Key Quotes & Comparisons

1.1.5End of Topic Test - When We Two Parted

2Love’s Philosophy - Percy Bysshe Shelley

2.1Love's Philosophy Analysis

2.1.1Summary & Structure

2.1.2Themes

2.1.3Key Quotes & Comparisons

2.1.4End of Topic Test - Love's Philosophy

2.1.5Exam-Style Questions - Love's Philosophy

3Porphyria’s Lover - Robert Browning (1812-1889)

3.1Porphyria’s Lover Analysis

3.1.1Summary & Structure

3.1.2Themes: Porphyria & Violence

3.1.3Themes: Sin & Pathetic Fallacy

3.1.4Key Quotes & Comparisons

3.1.5End of Topic Test - Porphyria's Lover

4Sonnet 29 - Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806-1861)

4.1Sonnet 29 – ‘I think of thee!’ Analysis

4.1.1Summary & Structure

4.1.2Themes

4.1.3Key Quotes & Comparisons

5Neutral Tones - Thomas Hardy (1840-1928)

5.1Neutral Tones Analysis

5.1.1Summary & Structure

5.1.2Themes

5.1.3Key Quotes & Comparisons

5.1.4End of Topic Test - Sonnet 29 & Neutral Tones

6Letters from Yorkshire - Maura Dooley (Born 1957)

6.1Letters from Yorkshire Analysis

6.1.1Summary & Structure

6.1.2Themes

6.1.3Key Quotes & Comparisons

7The Farmer’s Bride - Charlotte Mew (1869-1928)

7.1The Farmer's Bride Analaysis

7.1.1Summary, Structure & Form

7.1.2Themes

7.1.3Key Quotes & Comparisons

7.1.4End of Topic Test - Dooley & Mew

7.1.5Exam-Style Questions - The Farmer's Bride

8Walking Away - Cecil Day Lewis (1904-1972)

8.1Walking Away Analysis

8.1.1Summary, Structure & Form

8.1.2Themes

8.1.3Key Quotes & Comparisons

9Eden Rock - Charles Causley (1917-2003)

9.1Eden Rock Analysis

9.1.1Summary, Structure & Form

9.1.2Themes

9.1.3Key Quotes & Comparisons

9.1.4End of Topic Test - Walking Away & Eden Rock

10Follower - Seamus Heaney (1939-2013)

10.1Follower Analysis

10.1.1Summary, Structure & Form

10.1.2Themes

10.1.3Quotes and Comparisons

11‘Mother, Any Distance’ - Simon Armitage (Born1963

11.1'Mother, Any Distance' Analysis

11.1.1Summary, Structure & Form

11.1.2Themes

11.1.3Key Quotes & Comparisons

11.1.4End of Topic Test - Follower& Mother, Any Distance

12Before You Were Mine - Carol Ann Duffy (Born 1955)

12.1Before You Were Mine Analysis

12.1.1Summary, Structure & Form

12.1.2Themes

12.1.3Key Quotes & Comparisons

13Winter Swans - Owen Sheers (Born 1974)

13.1Winter Swans Analysis

13.1.1Summary, Structure & Form

13.1.2Themes

13.1.3Key Quotes & Comparisons

13.1.4End of Topic Test - Duffy & Sheers

14Singh Song! - Daljit Nagra (Born 1966)

14.1Singh Song! Analysis

14.1.1Summary, Structure & Form

14.1.2Themes

14.1.3Key Quotes & Comparisons

15Climbing My Grandfather - Andrew Waterhouse

15.1Climbing My Grandfather Analysis

15.1.1Summary, Structure & Form

15.1.2Themes

15.1.3Key Quotes & Comparisons

15.1.4End of Topic Test - Nagra & Waterhouse

16Grade 9 - Comparisons

16.1Grade 9 - Comparisons

16.1.1Grade 9 - Comparisons

17Recap: Main Quotes

17.1Recap: Main Quotes

17.1.1When We Two Parted - Lord Byron (1788-1824)

17.1.2Love’s Philosophy - Percy Bysshe Shelley

17.1.3Porphyria’s Lover - Robert Browning (1812-1889)

17.1.4Sonnet 29 - Elizabeth Barrett Browning (

17.1.5Neutral Tones - Thomas Hardy (1840-1928)

17.1.6Letters from Yorkshire - Maura Dooley (Born 1957)

17.1.7The Farmer’s Bride - Charlotte Mew (1869-1928)

17.1.8Walking Away - Cecil Day Lewis (1904-1972)

17.1.9Eden Rock - Charles Causley (1917-2003)

17.1.10Follower - Seamus Heaney (1939-2013)

17.1.11‘Mother, Any Distance’ - Simon Armitage (Born1963)

17.1.12Before You Were Mine - Carol Ann Duffy (Born 1955)

17.1.13Winter Swans - Owen Sheers (Born 1974)

17.1.14Singh Song! - Daljit Nagra (Born 1966)

17.1.15Climbing My Grandfather - Andrew Waterhouse

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Letters from Yorkshire - Maura Dooley (Born 1957)

Walking Away - Cecil Day Lewis (1904-1972)