Arrivals, departures Flashcards
(9 cards)
1
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What are the 2 ideas within the poem?
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- the speed of choice and opportunity
- choices as futile either way
2
Q
1 - ‘Arrivals, __’
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departures - title = how quickly choices come and go
3
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1 - ‘to the __ shore’ + ‘at night again they sound’
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morning - how quickly choices come and go
4
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1 - ‘slackened engines __’
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gliding - the quiet + stealthiness of the boats arriving
5
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1 - ‘never __’
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knowing - speed of choice and oppertunity
6
Q
2 - ‘__ dilemnas’
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horny - whatever choice we make, it will be painful
7
Q
2 - ‘__ distance’
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doleful - hypallage = choices we will make will cause us to feel a sense of pain
8
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2 - ‘Arrivals __’
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lowing - zoomorphism = become a cow of the group/conform by making a choice
9
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2 - ‘And so we __’
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rise - have no choice but to choose
