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WorksheetsPorphyria's Lover
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 10mins
What colour does the name Porphyria have connotations with?
Gold
Blue
Purple
Red
What does the colour 'purple' connote?
Complete the quote:
'the ------ wind was soon -----'
(a)
'and did its worst to --- the lake'
(a)
What does 'vex' suggest?
Anger/annoy
Nudge/Persuade
What is the technique exhibited in the following quote, akin to yoda speech?
'In one long yellow string I wound
Three times her little throat around'
(a)
What form does the poem follow?
Lyrical poem
Dramatic monologue
Sonnet
What might the 'soiled gloves' be a symbol of?
Porphyria being unhygienic
Porphyria's infidelity
Porphyria digging in the mud.
Porphyria's jealousy
Pick all that may apply:
Why does the speaker kill Porphyria?
Because she has dirtied his rug.
He sees it as a mercy killing.
He wants to preserve the moment in which Porphyria is his and looking up at him in worship and love.
To keep her as his forever.
Why might the poet use one stanza with lots of enjambment?
