Letters from Yorkshire - Maura Dooley (Born 1957)
English Lit: AQA GCSE Poetry - Love & Relationships, topic 17.1.6
Key Quotes in Letters From Yorkshire
Here are some key quotes from Letters From Yorkshire
‘You out there, in the cold...'
- ‘You out there, in the cold, seeing the seasons / turning, me with my heartful of headlines’.
- These two lines show the contrast that the narrator feels exists between her life indoors and her lover's life outdoors.
‘Word of that other world...'
- ‘Still, it’s you who sends me word of that other world / pouring air and light into an envelope’.
- In the final stanza, the narrator uses the language of communication ('sends' and 'word') to show how the letters provide a connection between the two worlds.