Analysing the poem ‘Letters from Yorkshire’ by Maura Dooley

Dooley uses metaphors to convey how the speaker yearns to have a closer relationship with the natural world. Dooley uses natural imagery to romanticise the man’s life in a rural setting. Dooley uses rhetorical questions to convey the moral value the speaker attaches to the natural world. Dooley's use of tercets could mimic the brief and fleeting nature of the communication between the pair. Dooley’s use of personal pronouns could mirror the ‘back and forth’ nature of their communication.