Overview of the Collection (AQA A-Level English Literature A): Quizzes
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When was Birthday Letters published in relation to Plath's death?
When was Birthday Letters published in relation to Plath's death?
1998, 35 years after her death
What structural device does Hughes use in 'Life After Death' to organize the poem?
What structural device does Hughes use in 'Life After Death' to organize the poem?
A day-night division
What poetic form does Hughes employ in 'Life After Death'?
What poetic form does Hughes employ in 'Life After Death'?
Free verse tercets
What does the 'hanged man' metaphor suggest about Hughes' emotional state?
What does the 'hanged man' metaphor suggest about Hughes' emotional state?
Paralysis and inability to act
What do the wolves in the poem symbolize?
What do the wolves in the poem symbolize?
Primal mourning or Plath's lingering spirit
How is the infant son connected to Plath in the poem?
How is the infant son connected to Plath in the poem?
He has 'so perfectly your eyes'
In what month and year did Sylvia Plath die by suicide?
In what month and year did Sylvia Plath die by suicide?
February 1963
What effect does Hughes' direct use of 'you' create in the poem?
What effect does Hughes' direct use of 'you' create in the poem?
Epistolary intimacy
Which phrases demonstrate assonance that evokes a chilling numbness?
Which phrases demonstrate assonance that evokes a chilling numbness?
'Cold February' and 'numb snow'
What does the tercet form (3-line stanzas) represent in the poem's structure?
What does the tercet form (3-line stanzas) represent in the poem's structure?
3 family members reduced to isolation