Summary Cozy Apologia - Overview & Analysis

Cozy Apologia
BY RITA DOVE
CONTEXT:
 She faced prejudice for marring a white man – who was a fellow writer - in
1979 America.
 She writes about their domestic life which may mean this is an
autobiographical poem.
 It is set against the arrival of Hurricane Floyd, a powerful storm which hit
the east coast of the USA in 1999.
RHYME SCHEME:
 Irregular rhythm and rhyme scheme mirror the speaker's scattered,
wandering thoughts
 Though the continued presence of rhyme and metre suggest the
continuing strength of the couple's love.
TONE & MOOD:
 Dreamy
 Wandering
 Positive
 Dismantled
 Passionate
 Intimate
 Sincere
THEMES:
 Nature
 Transience/change
 Fragility
 Memories
 Relationships/love
 Freedom/confinement
 Time
 Identity