Wires Flashcards
Who wants freedom?
The inexperienced younger generation
What do they find out at the end?
They are restricted
Who already knew about these restrictions?
The experienced older generation
What did 1950s Britain feel?
A renewed sense of optimism
What did the post war period show?
That it was a chance to start again
What’s the structure?
ABCDDCBA - 4 line stanza (quatrain)
What kind of rhyme scheme was it?
Palindrome/envelope rhyme scheme
What does this rhyme scheme show?
At first the young steers believe they have freedom but then realise they are restricted
1) “the widest prairies have __ fences”
- what two things does widest prairies show? what’s showing restrictions?
1) electric
- freedom and superlative, the fences
2) “young steers are always scenting __ waters”
- how are the young steers shown? technique? what two things do they want?
2) purer
- naive, metaphor, they want something better and have never been satisfied
3) “whose muscle - __ violence gives no quarter.”
- how are their hopes presented? what’s the consequence of that? what do they realise? what does the end stop show and where is it in the stanza? barrier? mocks what?
3) shredding
- too vague, physical pain, that their hopes are vague, finality and it’s in the middle of the stanza, symbolic, their naivety
4) “__ limits to their widest senses”
- what’s the word widest? technique?
4) electric
- it’s a superlative, repetition
