Starter quiz
- Free verse means a poem with...
- a regular structure
- an irregular structure ✓
- four stanzas
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- Enjambment is...
- the use of words or figurative language to create vivid pictures
- the continuation of a sentence beyond the end of a line, stanza or couplet ✓
- a pause or a break in a line of verse, often marked by punctuation
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- To describe something as 'woven' means...
- made or constructed by interlacing threads ✓
- made by artificial means
- made by collecting fragments and creating a whole
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- To describe something 'metaphorically' means...
- to describe it literally
- to describe it by means of a symbol ✓
- to describe it with powerful and vivid language
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- Which of these is an accurate summary of Mundair's 'Name Journeys'?
- The speaker moves from Manchester to India and feels isolated.
- The speaker moves from India to Manchester and feels isolated. ✓
- The speaker moves from India to Manchester and feels accepted.
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- By referring to Hindu deities in Mundair's 'Name Journeys', the speaker is arguably...
- trying to show their piety
- trying to show a connection to their Indian heritage ✓
- trying to sever a connection to their Indian heritage
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Exit quiz
- Discordant means...
- having a harsh sound ✓
- having a balanced sound
- having a pleasing sound
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- Match the verb with the connotation.
- "toiled"⇔hard work; difficult ✓
- "dulled"⇔lessened and weakened ✓
- "chastened"⇔feels humbled and punished ✓
- A ghazal generally uses...
- free verse
- rhymed couplets ✓
- unrhymed couplets
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- The use of free verse in Mundair's 'Name Journeys' could reflect...
- the sense of freedom the speaker feels in Manchester
- the sense of belonging the speaker feels in Manchester
- the sense of disconnection the speaker feels in Manchester ✓
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- The use of enjambment in Mundair's 'Name Journeys' may represent which of the following?
- the speaker's continued feelings of isolation ✓
- the connection between the speaker's identity and heritage ✓
- the speaker's continued feelings of belonging
- the searation between the speaker and their identity
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- Which of the following may have been Mundair's reasons for creating a variation on the ghazal form?
- to show the speaker's lack of belonging ✓
- to show the speaker's connection to their heritage ✓
- to represent the speaker's return to India
- to represent the speaker's acceptance of their new home
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Key learning points
- Mundair uses powerful verbs to describe the experience of isolation felt by the speaker.
- Mundair may use the metaphor “woven tapestries” to refer to how our identities are created by ‘threads’ of life.
- Mundair uses a variation of the ghazal form to, arguably, connect to Indian heritage and thematic links.
- Mundair may have varied the ghazal form to comment on ideas of identity, heritage and belonging.
Common misconception
Subverting a poetic form means you are being critical of it.
Subverting a poetic form means that you are in some way commenting on either the context of the form or the general theme of the form and using that to enhance the meaning of the poem.
Keywords
Woven - made or constructed by interlacing threads or strips of material or other elements into a whole
Metaphorically - describing something by means of an image or symbol
Ghazal - originally an Arabic verse form dealing with loss and romantic love consisting of rhymed couplets
Discordant - (of sounds) harsh and jarring because of a lack of harmony
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