1
Q
What era was Remembrance written in?
A
Victorian era
2
Q
What is Remembrance based on?
A
The Gondal Stories which Bronte and her sister wrote
3
Q
What is the poem?
A
An elegy, paying triubite to a deceased person
4
Q
What did Victorians believe?
A
The importance of mourning a dead person for a significant length of time, hence the speaker mourning for 15 years, some readers would want her to move on
5
Q
Who was Brontë influenced by?
A
Romantic poets, this can be seen in the many references to the natural world in the poem
6
Q
What is the rhyme scheme?
A
Alternating ABAB
7
Q
What does the volta do?
A
Makes her realise she needs to move on
Poetry
flashcards
Decks in class (24)
# Cards
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The Passionate Shepherd9
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Sonnet 736
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Sonnet 1306
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There is a Garden in her Face8
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The Flea7
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To the Virgins, To Make Much of Time7
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The Collar6
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The Author to her Book7
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To my Dear and Loving Husband8
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A Satirical Elegy on the Death of a Late Famous General8
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London8
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The Schoolboy8
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Composed Upon Westminster Bridge7
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She Walks in Beauty7
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Oxymandias5
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England in 18198
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On First Looking into Chapman’s Homer7
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My Last Duchess8
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Remembrance7
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The Darkling Thrush8
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The Voice8
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God’s Grandeur7
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To a Child Dancing in the Wind8
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Leisure5
