Neutral Tones Flashcards
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Who wrote ‘Neutral Tones’, and when?
Thomas Hardy; written in 1867, published in Wessex Poems (1898).
Besides poetry, what is Thomas Hardy famous for writing?
Novels, such as Tess of the d’Urbervilles.
Who is the speaker of ‘Neutral Tones’?
A man addressing a former lover, remembering the day their love ended.
Where and when is ‘Neutral Tones’ set?
By a pond on a winter day.
What is the form of ‘Neutral Tones’?
Four quatrains rhyming ABBA.
In ‘Neutral Tones’, what colour are the sun and the leaves?
The sun is “white”; the leaves are “gray”.
Complete the quotation from ‘Neutral Tones’: “The smile on your mouth was the deadest thing / …”
“… Alive enough to have strength to die”.
Which simile describes the lover’s grin in ‘Neutral Tones’?
“Like an ominous bird a-wing”.
Which stanza of ‘Neutral Tones’ repeats the pond, sun, tree and leaves, making the poem cyclical?
The last (fourth) stanza.