Cozy Apologia Knowledge Check
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Cozy Apologia Knowledge Check
Context: Rita Dove’s poem
In “Cozy Apologia”, Rita Dove’s speaker is at home as Hurricane Floyd approaches. The storm prompts her to think about her husband, Fred, and the steady comfort of their relationship. She contrasts this affection with the intense, often troubled romances of fictional characters she admired when she was younger, including Heathcliff. The poem combines the threatening weather outside with a warm, domestic setting inside. Its title brings together the ideas of comfort (“cozy”) and a defence or justification (“apologia”).
Read the poem’s ideas
Choose the best answer for each question.
- A hurricane
- A school play
- A winter holiday
- A sailing race
- The difference between dramatic fictional romance and affection in a real relationship
- The history of hurricanes in literature
- The speaker’s dislike of reading
- The difference between a poem and a play
- The dangerous weather outside and the comfort of home inside
- Daylight and darkness in a city
- A noisy school and a quiet theatre
- The countryside and the seaside
Build an interpretation
Use the context box and, where asked, your knowledge of the poem.
- The approaching hurricane
- The cosy domestic setting
- Memories of fictional heroes
- Comfort and security
- Earlier ideas about romance
- A threat or disturbance outside the home
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