ARRIVALS, DEPARTURES Flashcards
(13 cards)
arrivals, departures
use of clipped title reflects the fleeting nature of opportunities and life - fast-paced
channel boats come sidling
secretive + discrete nature of opportunities - go almost unnoticeable which means we don’t see their full value + importance
(his bag of samples knocking at his knees)
hidden doubts of the salesman carried from his past about opportunities - lack of change + continued wrong decisions means he’s continuing to be at unease
jxtp quiet arrival
can also connote ideas of hope/invasive for change
his advent blurted to the morning shore
sudden juxtaposition and sound = introduction to the day reveals the bombardment of opportunities and the appearance of new hopes
and, we barely recalled from sleep, sense
plural noun and paranthesis emph the idea of society being oblivious and often made to make decisions when not fully prepared and unaware - thus we don’t see full value
doleful distance
daunting nature of making decisions and the future - allieration emph the ignorance to the LT impacts of decisions but also the future
horny dilemmas at the gate once more
pun - reveals decisions as being driven by personal desires but also the urgency to make decisions quickly - pressure + loud and unignorable
idea of decisions + opportunities being incessant and bombarding the speaker -cannot stop to make a rational decision
come and choose wrong, they cry, come and choose wrong
speaker mocks the voice of society- own pessimisstic viewpoint which is critical of the conformist pressure of society which attempts to persuade people into departures
repetition conveys idea of a warning/siren which pressures and haunts the speaker
and so we rise. At night again they sound
despite portraying himself as anti conformist plural noun emph the speaker’s own conformity
monosyllables emph the passive and blind obedience
calling the traveller now, the outward bound
sense of finality in his decision when he chooses and opportunity - emph the fleeting nature of opportunities + quick pace of decisons which means we don’t fully consider the impacts
o not for long, they cry, o not for long
repeated voice of society emph continued pressure and conflicts which come with choosing opportunities
and we are nudged from comfort, never knowing,/ how safely we may disregard their blowing/ or if, this night, happiness too is going
rhyming tercet at end emph how the speaker gradually conforms - reveals a sense of unease in speaker + questions if he’s made the right decision in response to society’s incessant ‘blowing’ and pressure to make a choice
metaphor of darkness emph the speaker’s doubt and fear + how conformity + listening to soc always leads to further conflict
analyse structure of arrivals departures
ABBA CDDC EFFE = irregular rhyme scheme reflects the conflicts the speaker faces when creating decisions - not a linear process and always resolves to conformty
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