'One Flesh'

What is the meaning of the poem?

• A knight who has been used and discarded by a fairy.

• The separation of parents, now that the passion between them has ended.

• The two sides of a first date and how nerve-wracking it can be.

• Rejecting the traditional stereotypes of romantic love.

What is the tone of the poem?

• Optimistic

• Upbeat

• Depressing

• Angry

What linguistic technique is this? 'Tossed up like flotsam from a former passion'

• Personification

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Repetition

Which definition means abstinence until marriage?

• flotsam

• confession

• former

• chastity

Complete the quotation: 'Strangely apart, yet strangely ________'

• grown cold

• close together

• they wait

• too much

Which technique in the first line pauses the poem and breaks up its rhythm to illustrate the distance between them and their lack of physical connection?

• repetition

• simile

• caesura

• personification

What might the noun 'thread' suggest?

• strength

• fragility

• length

• time

What does referring to them as 'my father and mother' rather than 'my parents' reinforce the idea of?

• unity

• fragility

• warmth

• separation

What greatly influenced Jennings' writing of the poem?

• Her religion

• Other poets

• Her children

• Her own married life

Until the use of 'I' and 'my' in the final stanza, from which perspective does the poem appear to be written?

• first

• second

• third