Song: Go, and catch a falling star (Leaving Cert English): Flashcards
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Rhyme scheme of poem
Rhyme scheme of poem
ABABCCDDD
Number of stanzas & lines each
Number of stanzas & lines each
Three stanzas, nine lines each
Syllable pattern per stanza
Syllable pattern per stanza
7-7-8-8-2-2-7
Why titled 'Song'
Why titled 'Song'
Designed to be read aloud or sung
Central theme
Central theme
Beautiful & faithful woman impossible to find
Purpose of impossible tasks in stanza 1
Purpose of impossible tasks in stanza 1
Compare to impossibility of finding faithful woman
Mandrake roots association
Mandrake roots association
Witchcraft and fertility magic
Stanza 2 key line about women
Stanza 2 key line about women
No where / Lives a woman true, and fair
Ten thousand days & nights equals
Ten thousand days & nights equals
Approximately 27 years
Speaker's choice if perfect woman found
Speaker's choice if perfect woman found
Wouldn't meet her; she'd be false to two or three
Tone of poem
Tone of poem
Light & humorous, masking serious message
Progressive revelation technique
Progressive revelation technique
Poem's argument unfolds gradually to reveal true purpose