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Aug 9, 2024 · Learn about AQA Love and Relationships poems for your GCSE English Literature exam. This revision note includes exam tips, a theme comparison table and more.
In Sonnet 29, the speaker is aware of her obsessive feelings, whilst the speaker in Porphyria’s Lover is far less aware – and lacks remorse. In Sonnet 29, the speaker discloses deep, romantic thoughts about a lover. In the poem, there is a metaphor of vines wrapping around a tree to represe...
Brief Summary. Love’s philosophy takes the form of a speaker putting forwards an argument to a prospective lover, trying to persuade them to kiss him. He personifies the natural world and compares himself to it passionately.
This section delves into the fifteen poems featured in the AQA Love and Relationships GCSE Poetry Anthology. Follow the links below to access the Poems page, where you'll find in-depth analyses and the poems themselves.
Contrasts: Neutral Tones has a muted tone (which contrasts to Byron’s dramatic narration). Uses natural imagery. Similarities: Circular structure. Another narrator stuck in a painful situation. Use of death imagery to describe his lover. Ominous and foreboding language.
Summary notes, past papers and poetry guide for AQA English GCSE Section B: Love and Relationships poetry anthology.
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The swans are ‘like boats righting in rough weather’, which hints at the coming reconciliation (making up) of the couple’s relationship. Reconciliation in Winter Swans One of the key themes of Winter Swans is the gradual reconciliation of the estranged lovers over the course of the poem.
