A Constable Calls Flashcards
Séamus Heaney (9 cards)
1
Q
Handlebars of bikes representing ugliness and heaviness
A
fat black handlegrips
2
Q
Image of the constable’s boot symbolising oppression, weight and heaviness
A
boot of the law
3
Q
The bicycle ticking as the constable cycles away
A
And the bicycle ticked, ticked, ticked
4
Q
Image of the dynamo suggesting violence
A
dynamo gleaming and cocked back
5
Q
No one took the constable’s hat
A
His cap was upside down on the floor
6
Q
Heaney is scared
A
Arithmetic and fear
7
Q
The book the constable is using is heavy and oppressive
A
heavy ledger
8
Q
Heaney is worried his father will be put in jail for lying
A
I assumed/small guilts and sat/Imagining the black hole in the barracks
9
Q
Heaney is transfixed by the gun the constable is carrying
A
I sat staring at the polished holster
