An easy passage Flashcards
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Summarise the poem an easy passage?
The speaker is the secretary who is watching a 13 year old girl and her friend who are climbing back into their house
Analyse ‘once she is halfway up there’
The time marker introduces a single moment in time
Analyse the quote ‘on the friend whom she is half in love’
She is stuck in a liminal setting between childhood and adulthood
Why is the girl described as ‘leaning in to the warm flank of the house’
To emphasise the comfort the child has in the moment which contrasts with the feelings of the speaker
Analyse ‘Her tiny breasts rest lightly on her thighs’
An image of innocence is used which contrasts with the speaker
Why are the girls described as ‘lit as if from within’?
The use of light imagery represents hope and contrasts with the drab imagery
