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Adlestrop (Edward Thomas) Summary Sheet
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A summary sheet of 'Adlestrop' by Edward Thomas, which is a poem from the Time and Place collection in the Pearson Edexcel GCSE 9-1 English Literature Poetry Anthology. This summary discusses the language, structure/form, context and potential comparisons of the poem. The summary is laid out in a t...

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‘Adlestrop’ At a Glance
Use this activity sheet to record your ideas about the poem ‘Adlestrop’ as you study it.
Keep this in your notes for revision.


Language Structure/
Form
 Highly evocative  Loosely written in 4 stanzas
 Strong sense of idealized  Tetrameter
reminiscence  Relaxed in form - like the recollection
 ‘mistier’ birdcall - implies the scene is  Informality - ‘Yes’ - relaxed
acknowledgment
viewed and heard through fog of time
 Caesura w. dashes, short sentences -
 Feeling of hiatus - breaking up rhythm of stanzas
o Busy, noisy, mechanized  Enjambment of some lines = free flowing;
‘express-train’ pulls into the reminiscent of original diary jottings
station - juxtaposed w. the  Structurally, descriptions built carefully
peaceful tranquility of the  Train has made a stop at Adlestrop
English countryside ‘unwontedly’ - break from the expected
o ‘No-one left and no-one came’ - journey
gentle reminder of a time and  Movement from the specific and quiet of
place which would never fully the ‘bare platform’ in 2nd stanza -> wider
cacophony of ‘all the birds/ Of
be regained
Oxfordshire and Gloucestershire’ by final
 Sensory detail - stanza
o Onomatopoeia - ‘hissed’, gently
evocative  Broadening of focus emphasized by
 Use of gentle sibilance - feeling of repetition of ‘farther’ - also symbolic of
hush the peace and tranquility


‘Adlestrop’
Context Potential
Comparisons

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