Eden Rock - Form

Question 1

Poem split into quatrains - last line single

Answer 1

Regularity in the quatrains - the memories of his parents are regular and persistent in his head - constant flow of memories or constant effort to perserve this youthful image of them

Last line is single - his flow of memories from his parents are halted, and he turns it onto himself, coming to the idea of death as a whole

Question 2

Half Rhymes

Answer 2

Causley feels incomplete without his parents - reader is awaiting this full rhyme - perhaps Causley too is awaitng the return of his parents - he feels like he is incomplete without them