Ariel (AQA A-Level English Literature A): Quizzes
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When was Ariel published in relation to Plath's death?
When was Ariel published in relation to Plath's death?
Two years after
What was Ariel, according to Ted Hughes?
What was Ariel, according to Ted Hughes?
Plath's horse
What poetic form does Ariel use throughout?
What poetic form does Ariel use throughout?
Tercets
Who does the speaker compare herself to when she says 'White Godiva, I unpeel'?
Who does the speaker compare herself to when she says 'White Godiva, I unpeel'?
Lady who rode naked on horseback
What are the 'dead stringencies' the speaker sheds?
What are the 'dead stringencies' the speaker sheds?
Requirements and restrictions of life
What does the speaker become by the end of the poem?
What does the speaker become by the end of the poem?
The arrow
How does the poem open?
How does the poem open?
Stasis in darkness
What does the speaker call the horse Ariel?
What does the speaker call the horse Ariel?
God's lioness
What effect does enjambment create in the poem?
What effect does enjambment create in the poem?
Rushed, breathless feeling
What image concludes the poem?
What image concludes the poem?
Red eye, cauldron of morning