Question 1

Letters from Yorkshire Context

Accepted Answer

The title of the poem reflects the subject matter exactly. Dooley writes about the experience of receiving letters from a friend in Yorkshire while living in London. She contrasts her daily life of ‘feeding words’ into her computer with the letter writer’s life of quiet, physical pursuits ruled by the seasons.

Question 2

Letters from Yorkshire Structure

Accepted Answer

The poem is written in free verse, meaning there is no regular rhyme, rhythm or line length. Everything is varied and changeable in the poem, just like the seasons she writes about. The lines flow from one to the next with much use of enjambment.

Question 3

Letters from Yorkshire Analysis

Accepted Answer

The poem is one of contrasts, her life in London and the letter writer’s in Yorkshire. The letter writer’s actions are discussed at length, allowing for much use of verbs throughout the descriptions of his life. This gives his life an added potency and vitality that hers does not seem to have. He is described as ‘digging’, ‘planting’, ‘pouring’, ‘breaking’ and ‘clearing’ while she is simply described as ‘feeding words’ into her computer.

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