AO2 Flashcards
(7 cards)
Outline a literary technique used at the start of the poem
- Sibilance - emphasising his stutter
- Simile - adds to how he’s inherited the stammer
Annotate ‘chaos of bad weather’
Pathetic fallacy - suggests Welsh weather - links to nature of their relationship
Outline the form
Could be seen to show a family tree
What is clear throughout the poem
Extended metaphor - building a family - making it into something it isn’t
What is “pain in thee pleasure”
Oxymoron
Outline something interesting about the stanzas
Heptets - each parent has 7 lines - equally important
Annotate the final line
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