Long Distance II (AQA A-Level English Literature A): Quizzes
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What type of poem is 'Long Distance II'?
What type of poem is 'Long Distance II'?
An elegy
What does the father do with his deceased wife's slippers?
What does the father do with his deceased wife's slippers?
Warms them by the gas fire
How does the rhyme scheme change in the final stanza?
How does the rhyme scheme change in the final stanza?
From ABAB to ABBA
What does the son admit to doing in the final stanza?
What does the son admit to doing in the final stanza?
Calling his father's disconnected number
What key theme involves the father and son both engaging in irrational mourning?
What key theme involves the father and son both engaging in irrational mourning?
Generational patterns
What does the father's warming of slippers and bed symbolically combat?
What does the father's warming of slippers and bed symbolically combat?
The coldness that death brings
What does the title 'Long Distance' suggest?
What does the title 'Long Distance' suggest?
Distance between living and dead
How long after the mother's death does the father continue his rituals?
How long after the mother's death does the father continue his rituals?
Two years
How many stanzas does the poem contain, and what are they called?
How many stanzas does the poem contain, and what are they called?
Four quatrains
How does Harrison present grief in the poem?
How does Harrison present grief in the poem?
With conversational, matter-of-fact tone