Answer — Exercise 4

Yeats

• rich imagery → compares love to the sky, universe, stars, beautiful cloth
• trust → putting hopes and dreams under her feet
• elegant style → the opening two lines
• repetition → 'cloths, light, feet, dreams, tread'

McGough

• a breakdown in communication → a quiet explanation is perceived as shouting
• seeing the relationship from outside → I love the way it is described as if from the outside
• direct and simple language → actions are described as seen, no interpretation; conversational language
• paradox → we're aware of our foolishness, but can't act differently