Sister Maude Christina Rossetti begins her poem “Sister Maude” with two similar questions‚ asking who told her parents about her ’shame’. We do not know at this point what the narrator’s shame is‚ but it gradually becomes clear that she was having an affair with a handsome man. In Victorian times when Rossetti was writing‚ this would certainly have been considered shameful. The narrator answers the questions in the first quatrain‚ naming her sister Maude as the person who told her parents what was
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Sister Maude In this essay I am going to write about called sister maude. Sister maude is about two sisters who don’t really get along very well‚ also this poet is ambigious becase the poem is unclear the reader does not now how the my dear died or the parents and the my shame‚ also this poem is written in (1830 - 1894) by christina Rossetti. The propse of the poem is to describe how jelousy sisters cuased a death of another. Christina Rossetti uses a range of techniques to show the feelings of
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‘Sister Maude’ by Christina Rossetti Learning objectives: AO1: respond to texts critically and imaginatively‚ select and evaluate textual detail to illustrate and support interpretations. AO2: explain how language‚ structure and form contribute to writers’ presentation of ideas‚ themes and settings. Pre-reading Activity P A I R Let’s focus on the word ‘sister’. Think of any fairy tales‚ films‚ books‚ celebrities‚ sports women‚ pop groups‚ songs or television programmes where there
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and Sister Maude comparison Matthew Davis Comparison between the range of emotions felt by the speaker in ‘Sister Maude’ and ‘Brothers’. In Both ‘Sister Maude’ and ‘Brother’ a range of language devices are used in order to portray the different emotions and the varied relationships the poem focus on. Both poems use structural elements in order to portray a certain effect on the reader and to make them feel certain emotions just based on the way the poems are structured. In ‘Sister Maude’
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Writing a comparison of ‘Brothers’ and ‘Sister Maude’ In the exam‚ you will have a choice of two questions on the poems that you have studied from the ‘Relationships’ section of the anthology. They will be phrased like this: Compare the ways in which family relationships are portrayed in ‘Brothers’ and one other poem of your choice. Let’s say you chose ‘Sister Maude’ as the other poem‚ and decided to focus on sibling relationships. You would then need to write six paragraphs comparing the presentation
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Poetry Across Time: Relationships Sister Maude Content Before we analyse the poem in detail‚ it is important to understand what the poem is about i.e. the main content of the poem. General summary A sibling complains that her sister Maude has revealed details about a private relationship to their parents and has caused the death of the relationship. The speaker is bitter and resentful. Detailed summary Stanza one: The speaker asks who has informed her mother of her ‘shame’
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English Poem- Nettles Device Quote Evaluation Line 1: Metaphor and Repetition “nettle bed” and “nettle” The metaphor of “nettle bed” symbolises both the glee and misery the son with experience throughout his life. The sonnet form of this poem links to the theme of love that the father has for his son and his determination to protect him from the threats of the world that the son is powerless to. Line 2: Military metaphor “green spears” The militaristic metaphor and the war like imagery used throughout
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To what extent was rapid economic growth the cause of divisions within Wilhelmine Germany 1890-1914? In Wilhelmine II’s Germany‚ society was extremely hierarchal. By 1890 Germany had already completed the ‘take-off’ into sustained economic growth and industries such as coal‚ iron and textiles increased output by over 25%‚ leading the way in Germany’s mass industrialisation. This caused Germany’s net national product to rise from 23‚676‚000‚000 (marks) in 1890 to 51‚563‚000‚000 in 1912 and a population
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Maude Clare Maude Clare is ballad written by Christina Rossetti‚ it’s composed of 12 quatrains and 12 stanzas each with alternating iambic tetrameter‚ the rhyme scheme‚ ABCB‚ differs from that of a traditional ballads which are usually ABAB‚ the writer does this deliberately to show the reader through structure the disruption Maude Clare causes at the wedding‚ it also foreshadows how the traditional wedding will change. In addition to this the more spontaneous ABCB rhyme scheme to provide some relief
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The poem ‘Nettles’ is a poem that explores the relationship between a father and his son‚ “Nettles” is cleverly structured i.e. the writer uses engaging imagery and words that normally wouldn’t be used in the context present within the poem to effectively get the poet‘s message across. In the poem ’Nettles’‚ the writer takes something that could be pondered as a simple yet common occurrence‚ and with some deep thinking about its implications‚ arrives at an insight into what could be outweighed as
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