Heaney: The Forge Flashcards
(8 cards)
1
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the miracle of the every day
A
‘an altar’
‘fantail fo sparks’ ‘expends himself in shape and in music’
2
Q
contrast between tradition and modernity
A
‘an altar’
‘recalss a clatter of hoofs where traffic is flashing in rows’
‘with a slam and flick’
3
Q
visual imagery
A
‘old axes and iron hoops rusting’
4
Q
onomatepaic language
A
‘hiss when a new shoe toughens in water’
5
Q
alliteration
A
‘grunts and goes in’
6
Q
symbolism
A
'’altar’
7
Q
aurual imagery
A
‘hammered anvils short-pitched ring’
8
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