to treat someone as alien to one's self or one’s group

to treat someone as a child or in a way that denies their maturity

a group of words related in some way- they can be related by meaning or in a more abstract way

the act of allowing someone or something to have power over you

Analysing the poem 'The Farmer's Bride'

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In 'AQA Love and Relationships Poetry' continued, pupils used a range of reading skills to aid the supported decoding of challenging poems. In 'Unseen Poetry', pupils use these reading skills to decode texts with independence. 

In 'AQA Love and Relationships Poetry', pupils compared the language, form and structure of a variety of poems connected by the themes of love and relationships. In 'AQA Love and Relationships Poetry continued', pupils work on making more nuanced comparisons, focusing on the final three poems: *Singh Song*, *The Farmer's Bride* and *Porphyria's Lover*.

Poetry anthology: continued study

Depiction or discussion of sexual or domestic abuse or violence, including  threats of or the aftermath of.

Depiction or discussion of sexual violence

In 'The Farmer's Bride', the farmer treats his bride as a child and in a way that denies her maturity. As such he {{}} her.

In the poem 'The Farmer's bride', arguably the farmer 'others' his wife. What does this mean?

In 'The Farmer's Bride', the bride is often described using similes. Complete them below.

to highlight her fragility, otherworldliness, and wildness

the poem is set in the countryside - it is to be expected

it is a romantic poem written before industrialistion

to contrast with the stronger similes used to describe the farmer

In 'The Farmer's Bride', Mew often compares the bride to elements of nature using similes. Why?

Throughout the poem 'The Farmer's Bride' Mew uses a semantic field of ...

Despite the age gap there is respect between them.

The bride feels fear towards her husband.

The husband infantilises and others his wife

Although initially unhappy, they eventually reconcile.

Which of these statements about the marriage in 'The Farmer's Bride' are correct?

Which of the below are reasonable synonyms of the word 'dysfunctional'?

'The Farmer's Bride' is a 20th century poem. Which year below must it have been written in?

neither. It is written in third person limited.

The poem 'The Farmer's Bride' is a dramatic monologue written from the perspective of ...

Throughout the poem 'The Farmer's Bride', Mew uses similes to compare the bride to several things in nature. Which of the below form part of those similes?

The farmer relates how three years ago he married a bride that was too young.

Once married she becomes fearful of her husband and eventually runs away.

The farmer and others go after her and eventually 'catch' her.

She is brought back to the farm and locked away.

She spends her time at home doing housework.

The farmer complains of the relationship and laments the distance between them.

Starting with the first, put these events from 'The Farmer's Bride' in chronological order.

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Depiction or discussion of sexual violence

Adult supervision required

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