Night Windows (AQA A-Level English Literature A): Quizzes
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How many stanzas does 'Night Windows' contain?
How many stanzas does 'Night Windows' contain?
Seven stanzas total
What does the shortened final stanza represent?
What does the shortened final stanza represent?
Incompleteness & disappointment
Which oxymoron is described as the poem's most significant line?
Which oxymoron is described as the poem's most significant line?
'far away yet near'
How is the female character's role described in the encounter?
How is the female character's role described in the encounter?
Active with agency & control
What effect does enjambment create throughout the poem?
What effect does enjambment create throughout the poem?
Flowing, memory-like quality
What do the alliterative plosive sounds in stanza one foreshadow?
What do the alliterative plosive sounds in stanza one foreshadow?
Disconnection to come
What metaphor describes the relationship in the final stanza?
What metaphor describes the relationship in the final stanza?
'dress of your shadow'
The phrase 'they could too' introduces which theme?
The phrase 'they could too' introduces which theme?
Voyeurism & observation
What is the first sound described in the poem?
What is the first sound described in the poem?
A sigh of dissatisfaction
What does the windows going dark symbolise?
What does the windows going dark symbolise?
Failed communication & connection