Blessing Flashcards

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What does the title tell us?

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It contrasts with the expectations and there are relgious connotations to it

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Cracks

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Harsh consonant sounds reflect the harshness of the scorching sun

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never

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Adverb –> Relentless suffering

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What does the first stanza immediately tell us?

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The first stanza shows immediate contrast with the title

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Imagine

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Imperative verb evokes that the poet invites the reader to empathise

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the drip…echo

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Onomatopoeia engages audeince and recreates the effect of an echoe

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Small splash

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Monosyllables and sibilance emphasise the severe dehydration

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Sometimes

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Adverb –> Emphasises how a “blessing” is a special occasion

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Fortune… Silver crashes to the ground…liquid sun

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Metaphor –> Accentuates value and encourages the privileged reader to reflect

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every man woman

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No punctuation –> further depicts the chaos

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Pots, brass, copper, aluminium

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Listing –> Heightens the chaos as the people will use anything to fill with water which further implies poverty

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What is another speciality about the first stanza and what it does to the 3rd and 4th stanza?

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The first stanza sets a scene of suffering which makes stanza 3 and 4 seem more significant

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small bones

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At the end of the poem –> Implies that a blessing is only a temporary relief

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How is this poem written? why?

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The poem is written in free verse which highlights the seriousness of scarcity of water with the lack of muscality and irregular sentence lengths - one may argue this reflects the flow of water

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Themes of?

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Scarcity, Suffering, Poverty, Desperation

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