Dry point

Question 1

themes for this question

Answer 1

sex, desire

Question 2

Endlessly,

Answer 2

time marker - constant - can not be satisfied

caesura - regular use of caesura emphatic of how sexual desire can be disruptive and uncontrollable

Question 3

burst it as fast as you can

Answer 3

the active verb burst suggests that the satisfaction of sexual desire can be seen as destructive - link to deceptions

Question 4

bestial, intent, real

Answer 4

tricolon presenting it as primitive, undignified and animalistic but also something that everyone experiences - it is reality

Question 5

enj in until we’re enclosed//

Answer 5

emphatic of the restriction the speaker feels due to sexual desire

enclosed - restriction

Question 6

bright blown walls collapse

Answer 6

plosive alliteration emphatic of the harsh blunt power of sexual desire and the lack of control the speaker feels as a result

Question 7

sad scapes
ashen hills
shrunken lakes!

Answer 7

barren landscapes mimic the speaker’s feeling of emptiness when following the demands of sexual desire

it can never be satisfied - speaker feels unfulfilled

Question 8

birmingham magic all discredited

birmingham famous for the manufacture of wedding rings

Answer 8

sex devalues ideas of marriage - the innocence of marriage is corrupted by the impurity of sexual desire

Question 9

padlocked cube of light

Answer 9

light imagery and symbol to convey how the satisfaction and innocence is something he desires but ‘padlocked’ suggests that he will never achieve it - link to deceptions

Question 10

,we dream,

Answer 10

caesura emphatic of how the satisfaction of sexual desire can never be a reality

Question 11

structure comments

Answer 11

lack of a regular rhyme scheme to mimic the speaker’s lack of control over his sexual desire

repeated quatrains symbolic of the constant cycle of desire

Question 12

A03 context

Answer 12

the 60s normalised/modernised attitudes towards sex

sex is like asking someone else to blow your own nose

sex is too good to be shared