Flashcards in AO2 Deck (7)
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1
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Outline a literary technique used at the start of the poem
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- Sibilance - emphasising his stutter
- Simile - adds to how he’s inherited the stammer
2
Q
Annotate ‘chaos of bad weather’
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Pathetic fallacy - suggests Welsh weather - links to nature of their relationship
3
Q
Outline the form
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Could be seen to show a family tree
4
Q
What is clear throughout the poem
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Extended metaphor - building a family - making it into something it isn’t
5
Q
What is “pain in thee pleasure”
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Oxymoron
6
Q
Outline something interesting about the stanzas
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Heptets - each parent has 7 lines - equally important
7
Q
Annotate the final line
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Cooled at its sides - despite all their fights over the years the relationship has lasted - sexual passion has decreased - hatred for Jeanette’s sexuality is slightly less
