Question
Summarise the key themes of the Love and Relationships cluster and identify three contrasting pairs. (8 marks equivalent)
Answer guidance:
- Key themes: romantic/erotic love (Shelley, E. B. Browning, Nagra); obsessive/possessive love (Browning, Mew); parental love (Day Lewis, Heaney, Causley, Duffy); lost love (Hardy, Byron).
- Pair 1: Porphyria's Lover + The Farmer's Bride — both obsessive; both dramatic monologue; one post-crime, one pre-crime.
- Pair 2: Neutral Tones + When We Two Parted — both lost love; Hardy's grey winter vs. Byron's cold shame.
- Pair 3: Walking Away + Before You Were Mine — both parental love; Day Lewis as parent watching child leave; Duffy as child watching parent's pre-motherhood self.
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