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Summary All Love poems in the AQA A level English Literature poetry anthology. Includes: Form and structure, context, analysis, ideas/motifs, quotes, interpretations

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AQA A level English Literature: paper 1. All love poems in a summary grid consisting of: Love concepts (A01), Form and Structure, Methods/Quotes (A02), Context (A03), Interpretations (A05).

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Poem AO1 Love concepts Structure and form AO2/methods/ quotes AO3/ context AO5 Interpretations
Whoso Unrequited love which links to Credited with bringing the sonnet ‘The vayne travail hath weried me so Lyrical poet from Renaissance Registers the extent of the
list to courtly love although it lacks form to England sore’-Semantic field of disappear and sibilant poets hurt in losing his lover
hount I romance and ends in bitterness sore. Ambassador to Italy and France in the reign now that the king has claimed
knowe Retains the two part structure of of Henry VIII her.
where is Power dynamic of man as the Petrarchan sonnet: Octave and ‘but as she fleeth afore Faynting I
an ‘hunter’ and women as ‘prey’. a Sestet follow.’-Alliteration draws attention to the pace. Travelled widely around Europe giving him ‘it seems likely that Wyatt
hynde- Reinforces traditional gender Enjambment draws attention to ‘Faynting’ with perspective and insight into other forms of admired Ann and the hind in
Wyatt roles Adapts Sestet to include a rhyming Caesura pause at full stop. poetry this poem can be seen as a
couplet veiled reference to
‘Graven in Diamonds where letters plain’- Graven Inspired by Petrarch Rhyme 190 her’-Unnamed critic
Reverses normal structure with the emphasises control of men. Letters plain social
Octave presenting the control being normalised. The speaker chases a woman whom he
consequences and the Sestet the cannot—and must not—catch, for she is a
situation that led to the problem ‘Noli me tangere for Caesars I ame’-Biblical prize of the ruler of the land. In real life, King
phrase used by Jesus Mary Magdalene. Links to Henry VIII accused Wyatt of committing
accusations of an affair with Boleyn. adultery with his wife, Ann Boleyn and
imprisoned him in the Tower of London in
1536
Sonnet About everlasting love. Widely Sonnet structure : ‘Ever fixed marke’ - love can never fully go away - Born in Stratford-upon-avon. If there's no such thing as true
116-Sha known for its idealistic vision of a 4 sections reference to astrology, the north star (astrology). love, that he has never written
kespear loving relationship. 3 quatrains (4 lines) Shakespeare can be seen as a rebel for a word and nobody has ever
e 2 lines and a rhyming couplet ‘Times foole’ - he has all the time in the world to challenging many of the long held beliefs of experienced it. However,
States that nobody can get in the love her unlike the ‘scrutiny’ and ‘the flea’. Elizabethan society - role of women and because the poem exists, its
way of true love. Can be seen as a parody of women's rights. saying so does true love.
petrarchan sonnets ‘Love alters when it alteration finds’ - Love will
Love lasts even when on the never fade and will last forever. Love is not tricky Shakespeare created strong female
‘edge of doom’. The sonnets present the extreme and doesn't change when you find changes in a characters, whose intelligence, wit, and
ideal of romantic love: it never loved one. bravery contrasted patriarchal ideas.
changes, never fades, it outlasts
death and admits no flaw. ‘It is the star to every wandering burke’ -
juxtaposition from something so bright to dark.

‘Sickles compass come’ - always connected no
matter how far apart.
The Major themes of love, sex and First 6 lines - rhyming couplet, the ‘Two bloods mingled be’ - Inextricably linked - In the 1600s, it was beleived that during sex,
Flea- seduction, religion and marriage idea of combining together. linked to someone else is a spiritual unity in God. your blood would mingle together, wants to
John ‘Blood’ - like a religious ritual. be part of the woman (Romeo and Juliet).
Donne . Trying to have a manipulative
argument. ‘One blood made of two’ - The flea has also View of love as more physical and full of
bitten his lover, their bloods are mixed within the desire - patriarchal society, wants to be in
Rule of three throughout - flea - wants to have sex. control.
reference to three.
Repetition of ‘sucked’ - excited. The flea was a situation whatever the class. A
favourite motif in love poetry and has a long

, In the first 6 lines of each stanza, it ‘Purpled thy nail in blood of innocence’ - history, especially in erotic or satriarchal
alternates between lines of iambic ‘purpled’ - religious connotations (what priest verse.
tetrameters and lines of iambic wears), in the 1600s, purple was rare and
pentameter. expensive for purple dye - connotes royalty - the
blood of the flea meant a lot to him.
Made of 3stanzas, each 9 lines
- First 6 lines are rhyming ‘Blood of innocence’ - she can be a polar
couplets. opposite compared to speaker which can be
- Final 3 lines are rhyming harmful - religious.
tercets.
To His Speakers declaration of love to his Split into three sections- A Refers to the woman as ‘lady’ - not significant. Marvell is deeply influenced by the Not clear how Marvell intends
Coy mistress have so far only met developed and persuasive Giving her more of a title like he's trying to flatter philosophy of carpe diem. His physical and his readers to take the poem
Mistress with ‘coyness’. argument. her. sexual qualities does not fit with the strict seriously.
-Marvell Views love with a transient 1.If - Line 1-20 puritan attitudes of cromwells era. Violent backdrop of the civil
emotion - time always gets in the 2. But - line 21-32 Modal verb of ‘I would’ shows possibility of sex, war can perha[s be felt in the
way 'time's winged chariot is 3. Therefore line 33-end manipulative language to ‘seize the day’. Marvell - metaphysical poet. Interested at teh poem, with its stress on
hurrying near’. time in the topics of sex, death and grasping opportunities while
If - Extravagant courtship - first ‘ My vegetable love should grow’ - phallic spirituality. there's time.
stanza presents an idealised imagery, uses humour to make it more light
representation of courtship with hearted. Range of civil wars in Britain (cavaliers),
outrageous allusions that fought over whether the king held supreme
exaggerate the beauty of the ‘Am’rous birds of prey’ - control of love and prey. power.
mistress. Speakers' natural instinct.
1600s - Romantic marriage gained popularity
But- The presence of death Juxtaposition of ‘dust’ and ‘lust’. Love stays unlike (even in upper classes). Aristocratic
- The speaker is directly lust and lust can vanish into dust. Carpe diem - marriages were still arranged for the best
addressing his mistress you're living now, make the most of it you'll financial and political prospects.
and attempting to probably be dead soon (momento mori).
persuade her of a specific Religious strife and power struggles due to
course of action. ‘Two hundred to adore each breast’ - hyperbolic the rise of protestantism and the english
- Rhyming couplets - language. Appreciation of visual body parts. Does break from the catholic church.
produce a sense of pace not mention her personality.
to the poem and
represent the distinctive
voice of the speaker.

The Monogamy - wants experience Dramatic monologue - idea that he ‘The Scrutiny’ - speaker's attitude towards love - Cavalier poet - Putting the woman on hold - he
Scrutiny with other women. Views women is the centre of attention. idea of questioning something, to criticise. - Supporter of king Charles I in the will return to her ‘satisfied’ and
-Lovelac as an object. Continues to speak and doesnt let Addresses the woman in a cold way. English Civil War (1625-1649). has experienced enough
e the female to respond or have a Opposed to ‘roundheads’ who ‘variety’ to settle down with
voice. Women need to prove themselves - competition supported parliament. her.
with each other. - Wrote in ‘carpe diem’ showed a
3 Arguments - - ‘I have loved my round’. lack of proper concern.
- 1st 2 stanzas are in the - ‘Beauties crowned’ - winner? Which - Sensual nature3 is politically
past. beauty will win? relevant - Roundheads were
- Stanza 3 - what happens puritans and would have rejected
next? - present an open acceptance in sexuality.

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