Starter quiz
- In Clare's 'Sunday Dip', the boys are playing in ...
- the water. ✓
- the fields.
- their backgardens.
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- A fourteen line poem with a regular structure is a ______.
- 'sonnet' ✓
- We typically associate a regular rhythm with ...
- contentment ✓
- control ✓
- chaos
- unpredictability
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- 'An artistic movement from the late 18th and early 19th century, focused on emotions and nature' is ______.
- 'Romanticism' ✓
- Water, trees, and flowers are all examples of ______ imagery.
- 'natural' ✓
- 'A place or experience which is extremely pleasant, beautiful, or peaceful' is the definition of ______.
- 'idyllic' ✓
Exit quiz
- In Clare's 'Sunday Dip', the boys are playing in the water "______ the willow trees".
- 'beneath' ✓
- Clare's 'Sunday Dip' is written in the ______ form.
- 'sonnet' ✓
- Clare's 'Sunday Dip' has a ______ rhyme and rhythm.
- 'regular' ✓
- The first rhyming pair of Clare's 'Sunday Dip' is ...
- "boys" and "joys" ✓
- "wade" and "shade"
- "boat" and "float"
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- 'A rhythm where an unstressed syllable is followed by a stressed syllable' is a __________ rhythm.
- dactylic
- trochaic
- iambic ✓
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- Clare's 'Sunday Dip' doesn't conform to a traditional sonnet form because it uses ______ couplets.
- 'heroic' ✓
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Key learning points
- The use of natural imagery could represent the simplicity of nature and the contentment found within it.
- Clare’s use of the sonnet form could represent the Romantic feelings about nature.
- Clare’s use of heroic couplets could further enhance the sense of connection between humanity and nature.
- Clare’s use of a regular pattern to the structure could represent the peace and contentment found in nature.
Common misconception
That you need to know the exact rhythm to analyse it.
Determining whether a rhythm is regular or irregular can be a way of analysing the structure.
Keywords
Sonnet - a fourteen line poem with a regular structure, typically about love.
Heroic couplet - two lines of rhyming poetry written in iambic pentameter.
Romanticism - an artistic movement from the late 18th and early 19th century, focused on emotions and nature.
Iambic - a rhythm where an unstressed syllable is followed by a stressed syllable.
Idyllic - a place or experience which is extremely pleasant, beautiful, or peaceful
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