Nurse's Song (Songs of Innocence) Flashcards
1
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About
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- joyful scene, nanny watched children in her care play outside.
- nurses gentless, warmth,
- poem depicts a world that cherishes and priorities the innnocen and curious
2
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Innocence and joy of childhood - theme
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- idealised, utopian version of childhood
- contagious wonder
- laughters echoes
- idyllic version, depending on nurses trust.
3
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‘voices of children’
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- wandered off, monitering but not domineering
4
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‘heart is at rest within my breast’
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- internal rhyme, satifisying, content
5
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form
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- riff on a ballad meter
- predictable
- steady, carefree
6
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‘and’
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- anaphora, polysyndeton, found in many translations of the bible, making scene sound like a version of paradise/heaven
- subtle mirrors childres desire to extend their time outside. connect with environment
7
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‘no, no, let us play, for it is yet day’
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- epizeuxis, joyful , close bond, mimic her speech patterns
- internation rhyme/assonance of play and day. passionate.
8
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‘the little birds fly’
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- childrens play as natural as flight of the birds.
- appeal to animas, curiousty of natural world.
- perfect harmony
- birds - symbolism of freedome.
Sheep - innonence
9
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‘littles ones leaped’
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- bouncy meter, own syllables,
- anapestic meter (light)
