 One of the biggest challenges that students face when they are studying the poetry collection and more specifically the Relationships poetry collection is there are 15 poems to remember this 15 poems to memorize and of course when you're writing about your selected Poems you need to obviously make points related to language form and structure Of course It can be really easy to drown in all of this information So what I decided to do was create a mind map of all 15 poems within the edexcel relationships anthology And what I'll do is I'll walk you through the language form and structure techniques You can point out for each poem and I've selected specifically three quotes per poem Of course if you only have enough headspace to remember two quotations look at the three quotes that I select and Pick out and narrow it down to two quotes for yourself Okay, so let's begin with the first poem in the relationships collection, which is la belle dame sans merci Remember when you're making a form and structure observation the poem is laid out in an a b c b rhyme scheme It's very regular and very predictable rhyming pattern Now in terms of the quotations to select for this particular poem. The first is what can LD? Okay, this is when the narrator the speaker is addressing the night directly and this is Repeated throughout the poem. Okay, so of course you want to talk about repetition, which is structure And of course what this does is it creates intrigue within us as readers. We see this night He seems to be wasting away. We don't know why he's wasting away That's the first quotation the second two quotations are specifically related to this Belle dame this beautiful woman who is without thanks We learned that she sings a fairy song Okay, so sing a fairy song this uses sibilance Which is a language technique that you can point out what this is illustrating is her supernatural power Which seduced him the third quotation to remember for la belle dame sans merci is when we learned that she had wild wild eyes Of course what this is illustrating is her nature as a woman We would call her the femme fatale who misleads this night And he becomes seduced by this supernatural power that she possesses before she casts him away That's the Belle dame sans merci the second poem in the anthology to of course remember and to be very confident in writing about is A chart is sick grandfather now when making a form Observation in terms of also the rhyming pattern that it's written in it is written in an a a bbcc DD rhyming scheme Okay, now the first quotation I would suggest is when we learn that the speaker who obviously is Really sad about his grandfather who's passing away They remember how the grandfather grandfather would smile and stroke my head of course here Sibilance illustrates the close and paternal love and the close paternal relationship that he had with his grandfather The second quotation to remember with the child to sit grandfather is when he now realizes that his granddad is no longer strong or powerful He literally is foreshadowing his eventual death because he can see his grandfather's one and hollow ellipsis cheek Now here what you'd probably focus on is the adjectives one and hollow which is illustrating and foreshadowing the eventual death of his grandfather and the third and final quotation which of course Illustrates that his grandfather has died the grandfather that he loved so much is when they end by saying you do not hear me dad And what you can talk about here is two things The alliteration of D in do not and dad and also this is a declarative sentence at the end of the poem The third poem in the collection is she walks in beauty. This is by Lord Byron now in terms of form Make sure you point out that it's written in an AB AB AB rhyme scheme now in terms of the quotations I would suggest firstly talking about how the speaker Byron uses Celestial heavenly imagery to describe how perfect this woman is he refers to her using the terms cloudless climbs ellipsis Starry skies we call this Celestial imagery now in this case language technique to point out is alliteration of C in cloudless and climbs and also S in starry in skies but also mentioned in terms of imagery that this is celestial imagery The second quotation is when we learn that the woman is described as soft calm eloquent Okay, so soft so calm eloquent which you can use ellipsis to separate the three terms This is run of three and of course This is used to encapsulate to capture the perfection of this woman The third and final quotation is when he ends by talking about how her love is Innocent and that he uses an exclamatory sentence Which is a structural technique to show that this woman who walks in beauty is completely Perfect and she's also innocent the next poem in this collection to remember of course and to memorize is a complaint by Wordsworth now in terms of form and structural observation remember that it's written in a b a b cc rhyme scheme The first quotation I would suggest to remember for this particular poem is when the Speaker is really sad about the loss of the love on the one hand You can suggest that this poem is talking about the end of a friendship But also you could also interpret this poem as the end of a love relationship Okay, we know contextually that wordsworth is talking about his best friend Samuel colleridge where the relationship fell apart now The first quotation is when they're speaking about how the previous friendship was a fountain at my fond heart store Technique to point out is the use of alliteration ff The second quotation is when they're talking about the love that they held for this person And they describe it as murmuring sparkling living love here You want to talk about rule of three which is language and the third and final quotation is when they end by saying It all doesn't matter now the feeling really really Depressed because they end with this rhetorical question what matter and of course a rhetorical question is a structural technique The next poem in this collection is neutral tones by Thomas Hardy now in terms of a form and structural observation It's written in an a bb a rhyme scheme how the poem begins for shadows the end of this love relationship Okay, the first quotation which illustrates this is when the speaker sets the tone of the date They state winter day ellipsis sun was white here They are using pathetic fallacy which is language to describe the death of their relationship The second quotation is when they're speaking and describing the lover's smile, which was alive Dot-a-dot die and of course this is taken from the quotation alive enough to have the strength to die This is oxymoron we can see here that the speaker feels really angry But also deceived by their lover who they feel is dishonest to them The third and final quotation is when they end by talking about love that rings with wrong here You've got a Literation of W rings with wrong But also you can say that it ends on this declarative sentence basically saying that love deceives love is dishonest next quarter is the next poem to remember from this collection is the Sonnet sonnet 43 specifically by Elizabeth Barrett Browning now in terms of the way It's written if you really are going for gold remember that this sonnet is written as a Petrarchan sonnet that's the form that it takes and it follows a really particular rhyme scheme It's a bb a a bb a and then cd cd cd Okay, so the first octave the first eight lines follow the a bb a rhyme scheme and then the final Cestet so this is six lines at the end of the sonnet. It's cd cd cd Now the first quotation to remember from them from this sonnet is when the speaker keeps on saying I love the this is repetition Structure of course what this is illustrating is how devoted and how committed the speaker is to the lover The second quotation to remember is when they are saying how difficult it is to contain their love they talk about the depth breadth and height this is Rule of three which is the language of observation you can talk about the next quotation to remember from this poem is Actually the semantic field of religion that they use it's almost like this love that they have in this relationship It was ordained by God and this is illustrated through these three words grace praise and God Those are the quotations to remember from sonnet 43 the next poem within this collection is my last Duchess and In terms of a rhyme scheme. It doesn't have a rhyme scheme as such However, you could say in terms of the way it's written It is a dramatic monologue now in terms of quotations to remember the first quotation is the similee as if she were alive It foreshadows the fact that he's going to confess that he killed his Duchess The second quotation is when he we can see that the Duke is Very very arrogant because he says oh, how could she treat me the same as everybody else my nine hundred years old name Okay, now this is a declarative sentence and also the idea of nine hundred years This is an adjective what we can see here is that The Duke is incredibly arrogant the third and final quotations to remember from this is when the Duke finally confesses and admits That all smile stopped and you can even add all smiles stop together smiles and stopped is Sibilance and here we can see that the Duke very arrogantly admits that he killed the Duchess and he felt And he wanted to do that to fill power over her The next poem within this collection is first date she and first date he this in terms of form and structure is written in a bcb rhyme scheme and The three quotations so I've selected one quote from first date she one quote from first date he but also another quote that ties them both together the first quotation is when the Female speaker first date she says I hope I look ellipsis sexy. Okay, so I hope I look tastefully sexy Here we can see that the speaker really wants to look attractive to the man that she's on the date with of course Also the guy we can see obviously this is why what makes this Relationships from a little bit humorous is he feels like she is out of my league now here This is a really powerful metaphor where the speaker the male speaker is basically saying I don't think I'm good enough for her the final Quotations to remember is how both of them say they Hit the man or the woman. They are quite undistracted by me, which is a declarative sentence again Here what this is illustrating in both poems is that there's a miscommunication They both do not realize that they both have want to have a relationship with each other But they're both very scared and paranoid and they want to keep up these appearances Okay, the next quotation or rather the next poem within this collection is Valentine by Caroline Duffy in terms of form and structure Observation remember that it's written in free verse. The first quotation to remember is this repetitive reference to I give you an onion It's repeated which is structure now what this is obviously illustrating is a speaker is trying to show a very Unconventional view of love the second quotation to remember is when they're speaking about this onion which turns into a wobbling photo of grief Okay, this obviously is hyperbole and what this illustrates is that the speaker is trying to emphasize the sad and dark side of love The third and final quotation is of course, which illustrates also how possessive love can get to the point Where it can be lethal the final quotation is cling to your fingers dot-a-dot knife Okay, if you wanted to extend that is just cling to your fingers cling to your knife Repetition is used there and of course what this is illustrating is the dark nature of love, especially possessive love now The next poem within this collection is one flesh in terms of form and structure observation It's written in AB AB AB rhyme scheme The first quotations to remember is this simile when the speaker is reviewing the parents So looking at the parents and they're saying that they look like flotsam from a former passion flotsam informer That is alliteration and also it's a simile we can see flotsam remember that flotsam means debris waste from something else And of course what they're saying is that this relationship almost looks like the remains of something, you know Some some fallout right some destruction that happened the second quotation Which is obviously illustrating the distance and separation between her parents even if they're still physically together They no longer love each other is they are strangely apart ellipsis strangely ellipsis together repetition of strangely which is a structural technique And also the oxymoron apart and together illustrates the distance the emotional gap in her parents relationship the third and final quotation whether speaker cannot believe that the Same people who seem so distant actually once we're in love is when they end by saying The fire that the speakers had has now Rather the fire that her parents had has now grown cold Okay, this fire that led them to you know make her as a baby has now grown cold This is a metaphor Okay, talking about passion and emphasizing how the relationship her parents relationship lacks passion The next perm in this collection is I want to be yours in terms of form and structure a b a b c c Okay, now remember that I want to be yours uses language, which is very domestic Okay to illustrate kind of the or it's the speaker's way of humorously illustrating the devotion the commitment to their love But the person that they're addressing now the first quotation is when they're saying vacuum cleaner ellipsis Ford Cortina, this is a rhyming couplet again They are using very domestic language very mundane regular language to emphasize the love and the Obsession for the person that they speak into the second quotation is the repetition of the title I want to be yours repetition is structure and the third and final quotation from this poem is How they're saying that the love is deep as the ocean they even go on to say deep deep deep Which is repetition now deep as the ocean is also hyperbole the speaker is emphasizing how obsessed they are with this person They'll do anything now the next poem in this collection is loves dog in terms of form and structure Remember that's written in free verse now the first quotation I would suggest to remember for loves dog is when they're talking about what a love about love ellipsis zookeeper You now here you've got repetition of love and here we can see that the speaker almost wants their relationship This person she would want to give them this control, right? So they love the fact that you know this person maybe also controls their emotions This is shown through the metaphor of the zookeeper the next quotation, which obviously is contrast to love is the other side of love Okay, so when they say what I hate about love is me me me So you can remember just what I hate ellipsis me me me the Repetition of me illustrates this more selfish side of love, right? Sometimes lovers can grow quite selfish the third and final quotation is on the speaker says I hate Dot-a-dot boil wash and then I love dot-a-dot spin cycle they are using again language of true long-sword semantic field of domesticity okay the home to talk about the negative side of love but also the positive side of love in a humorous way the Next poem in this anthology to make sure you remember some quotations for is nettles and in terms of form and structure It is written in an a b a b rhyme scheme the first set of quotations that I would suggest is Remember three separate words which belong to the semantic field of an army or regimen You've got spears regiment and parade this illustrates that the speaker is that war with this net and these nettles that he sees Because he wants to protect his child Okay, the love that's being illustrated here is a paternal love of a fatherly love towards his son And he sees nature almost representing the outside world and he wants to fight it Okay, so this is obviously the he uses war language to emphasize this Now the second quotation is of course where we can see that he feels really intensely sad that he cannot protect his son more Because his son shows sobs and tears here We've got the verb sobs and tears what this illustrates is the father His heart is breaking because he wants to be protective over his son The third and final quotation which illustrates his fury at the nettles is when he says Slashed in fury ellipsis funeral and here you've got alliteration which is illustrating that he's trying to control the outside world However, he inevitably can't the next poem in this collection So this is the last final two poems is the manhunt now here in terms of form and structure observation Remember that it's a a b b c c then it's unriamed. Okay Reflecting the unpredictability Of the soldier's state of mind as he is suffering from PTSD after having gone to war and the lover is observing this Now the first quotation is when the speaker the lover Looks at the person's face after his comeback from war and they talk about the frozen river dot on his face This is a metaphor illustrating the scars the physical wins that this man has after war The second quotation is of course when they describe in the fetus of metal in the Soldier's chest now the speaker. Hey speaks using a metaphor Showing the traumatic effects of war but also how this trauma is making is causing A rift between her and her lover the final quotation is when they're speaking about this PTSD Okay, so obviously this lover really wants to guide and look after this man who's come back from war But they're scared about when this eruption this PTSD will show itself because they talk about a sweating unexploded mind Which once more is also a metaphor the 15th and final poem in this collection is my father would not show us And the speaker here, of course is talking about how they felt the father was quite secretive They really wish that the father had shared this illness that they had and of course It's a semi autobiographical poem now in terms of the form and structure observation Remember that it's written in free verse the first quotation which illustrates her memory of her father Is when she talks about his right smile his half turn face This is showing the loving side of her father, but equally his secretive side Now the second quotation is when they're talking about how he hid he hid away This is repetition once more we can see that the speaker is expressing regret She wishes her father would let them know about his condition and his illness Third quotation is when she says he turned he turned away He never shared his illness his disease which then came as a real shock to them And she uses repetition when emphasizing this So that's really it when it comes to the main quotations to remember for the relationship anthology Hopefully this kind of makes the journey in terms of knowing what to memorize and what to practice for Your anthology side of your exams easier. Okay, so thanks so much for listening and I hope this helped