AO2 Flashcards

(7 cards)

1
Q

Outline a literary technique used at the start of the poem

A
  • Sibilance - emphasising his stutter

- Simile - adds to how he’s inherited the stammer

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2
Q

Annotate ‘chaos of bad weather’

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Pathetic fallacy - suggests Welsh weather - links to nature of their relationship

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3
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Outline the form

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Could be seen to show a family tree

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4
Q

What is clear throughout the poem

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Extended metaphor - building a family - making it into something it isn’t

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5
Q

What is “pain in thee pleasure”

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Oxymoron

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6
Q

Outline something interesting about the stanzas

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Heptets - each parent has 7 lines - equally important

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7
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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

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