Simon Armitage Structure The poem has 14 lines which suggests it is a sonnet The traditional theme of a sonnet is love How does this poem differ from some of the other poems we have analysed within the anthology ID: 543391
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In our tenth year
Simon
ArmitageSlide2
Structure
The poem has 14 lines which suggests it is a sonnet.
The traditional theme of a sonnet is ‘love’.
How does this poem differ from some of the other poems we have analysed within the anthology? Slide3
Structure continued…
The sonnet is divided into four stanzas. Read the poem again to work out what each stanza is about.Slide4
The four stanazs
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Stanza 1: the present – looking at a pressed flower in a book
Stanza 2: the past
Stanza 3: the present
Stanza 4: the future
There is no clear rhyme scheme but there is a series of half-rhymes. How does this contribute towards the tone of the poem?Slide5
Title and tone
What does the title suggest about the relationship being explored in the poem?
What is the tone of the poem?
Add to the list of adjectives to describe the tone: tender, lyrical…Slide6
Stanza 1
How does the use of sibilance in the opening stanza: ‘this book, this page […] these leaves’ contribute towards the tone?
A flower pressed between the pages of a book is fragile. What does this suggest about relationships? Slide7
‘this harebell…’
The harebell is a flower which is symbolic of humility and grief. What does this suggest about the relationship
described in
the poem?Slide8
Stanza 2
What is the significance of the colon (
:) on line 4?
How does the rhythm of this stanza contrast with the opening stanza?
Analyse the word ‘inventory’; what does this suggest about their relationship?
Analyse the word ‘infantries’; what does this suggest about their relationship?Slide9
Stanza 2 continued…
Look at the pronoun in the opening stanza. Contrast the pronoun ‘we’ with ‘your’ and ‘my’ found in the second stanza. What does this suggest about their relationship during ‘those years’?Slide10
Stanza 3
Notice how ‘a decade on’ relates to the poem’s title.
What has happened to their relationship between the second and third stanzas? Support your ideas with evidence from stanza 3.Slide11
Stanza 4
Notice how the harebell is repeated in stanza 4.
What does the speaker mean by ‘Let’s give it now/in air, with light, the chance to fade, to fold’?Slide12
The poem’s meaning
What does the speaker suggest about relationships?
What is your personal response to the poem?