Coming Flashcards
(7 cards)
1
Q
What are the two ideas within the poem?
A
- Arrival of spring
- Child witnessing adults making peace
2
Q
1 - ‘Light, __ and yellow’
A
chill - tricolon/natural/light imagery = cleansing
3
Q
1 - __, the __ foreheads of houses’
A
bathes…serene - perconification = baptism/purification
4
Q
1 - ‘A thrush sings, __’
A
Laurel - heralding the spring + celebrating + sharing the excitement/universal experience
5
Q
2 - ‘It will be __ soon, it will be __ soon’
A
spring - anaphoric repetition + monosyllabic = simple childlike excitment
6
Q
2 - ‘Feel like a __’
A
child - similie = sense of uncertainty + where you gain reassurence
7
Q
2 - ‘nothing’ + ‘__’
A
unusual - negator = not knowing anything + accept it
