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this poem is about a relationship between a family because the poet mentioned it as "not romance". "He" could be referring to a father or brother who works on a farm or agriculture while the speaker or poet is working in news. they share happiness or news through letters.

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a. What is the surface meaning of the poem? What is the deeper meaning of the poem? Why do you think this?

The surface meaning of the poem them sending letters to each other and chatting.

the deeper meaning is they trying to figure out if working physical or brain is more interesting and more alive. is your life more real because you dig and sow. pouring air and light in an envelope

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d. What is the tone of the poem? What do you think is the author’s attitude towards the subject? What evidence do you have that supports this?

The tone of the poem is calm, nice. The author's tone is nice because she is talking to her friend.

"Our souls tap out messages" The author's attitude is happy.

The tone is also not romantic because they are not in love and are just friends

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question f. Who is the narrator? Who are they speaking to?

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question f. Who is the narrator? Who are they speaking to?

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The narrator is the poet. She is talking to the letter writer which is her father or her friend that lives miles away and they are sharing her life and happiness with him.

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b. Explain 3 examples of imagery in the poem

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b. Explain 3 examples of imagery in the poem

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"he saw the first lapwings return" - A sign that winter is over and spring is approaching.

"his knuckles singing/as they reddened in the warmth" - his hands turning red as he goes back indoors because of improved blood circulation due to warm now.

"feeding words onto a blank screen" - typing words onto a computer document.

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c. Can you find 3 examples of language techniques that the poet uses? Include an explanation of each one.

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c. Can you find 3 examples of language techniques that the poet uses? Include an explanation of each one.

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"Is your life more real because you dig and sow." This is a metaphor, it means is your life more alive because you work outside.

"You out there, in the cold, seeing the seasons turning", is enjambment. This is because the stanza ended at seasons and a new one started with turning.

"Planting Potatoes," is an example of alliteration. This is because they share the same beginning sound.

"Feeding words on a black screen," is an example of imagery.  This is because this line makes you imagine a black screen with words coming on it.

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e. Identify 2 features of structure that the poem uses. How do these features affect the meaning?

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e. Identify 2 features of structure that the poem uses. How do these features affect the meaning?

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The poem "Letters from Yorkshire" uses the structure 5 stanza's and 3 lines which is called a tercet, the use of these 5 stanzas are for describing the seasons that they write to each other, with stanza 3 comparing their life on who's closer to reality of living in the Morden world.
Further more, the seasons go form spring to winter referring that through the year of exchanging messages to each other they are still connected throughout the whole year, meaning that although they go through hard times and they have some  disagreements, in the end their souls still accept each other throughout the messages sent through the icy miles.

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In the last line, she is comparing his life with her life. As she tries to state, working outside or working in an office which is more close to reality, as everything is not a dream.

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"It's not romance, simply how things are." This suggest that they are just friends.

In first stanza, it seem the man was planting potatoes and in second stanza, the potatoes were reddened, which means it is warm.

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"dig and sow" contract to digging his garden and planting potatoes. dig and sow show he is working physically and he is a writer and doesn't feel her life is alive.

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"Turning me" into a "heartfelt of headlines", the writer feels like he/she is stuck only being able to imagine him/herself being able to enjoy the seasons and nature with him/her, as the person writing to him/her is writing all these letters expressing the joys of nature and the season to him/her.

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The other person writes about what he does in the farm and puts it into an envelope. They feel connected, even when far apart, watching the evening news

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This stanza talks about the person progress towards his or her goal. His goal could be reaching Yorkshire. Him "clearing a path in the snow" could mean him progressing every day while "you who sends me word of that other world", shows he or she  could be going after someone and the other world is that persons goal. (Not going after life partner as not romance)

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"feeding words onto a blank screen", in this line the words "feeding words" shows that she is working as a writer or as a journalist, and as she is doing this "onto a blank screen" shows that she is unhappy with the work she is doing as she is stuck in a place, not being able to go outside and enjoy time with the writer.

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In stanza 1, the poet conveys that a man is writing happily after receiving a letter the poet wrote towards the men. for example "lapwings return and came indoors to write to me" this line tells us the letter is being delivered by a bird and the men immediately went inside the house after "digging his garden, planting potatoes". this suggests the man is working in agriculture or farming.

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You wouldn't say so, breaking ice on a waterbutt clearing a path through snow.

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"He" is in agriculture, planting potatoes
"me" works in news, "heartful of headlines/feeling words onto a blank screen"

They write letters to each other. They are happy when they communicate by letter.

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In February, digging his garden, planting potatoes,

he saw the first lapwings return and came

indoors to write to me, his knuckles singing

as they reddened in the warmth.

It’s not romance, simply how things are.

You out there, in the cold, seeing the seasons

turning, me with my heartful of headlines

feeding words onto a blank screen.

Is your life more real because you dig and sow?

You wouldn’t say so, breaking ice on a waterbutt,

clearing a path through snow. Still, it’s you

who sends me word of that other world

pouring air and light into an envelope. So that

at night, watching the same news in different houses,

our souls tap out messages across the icy miles.

by Maura Dooley