Loud Flashcards
(15 cards)
‘her’
pronoun
the woman is unnamed and therefore could be any woman
first stanza
semantic field of war (bombing, violence and chaos)
her voice ripped out of her throat / like a firework
out of body experience - she has lost control? the media has lost control of her?
the simile mimics the brutality in the article, as well as the brutal force of her newfound voice
simile also connotes celebration- ironic as the situation most certainly is not
a flash of light in the dark
her ignorance is shattering
evokes hope
Now she was loud.
abrupt sentence suggests the power in her voice
she is now the same volume as the news? loud = influence?
Before, she’d been easily led … Not any more. Now / she could roar.
juxtaposition between being complicit and now being ‘loud’
abrupt sentences - mimics the power of her voice (duffy’s warning to readers to be individual thinkers given the lexical field of community)
onomatopoeia conveys her animalistic power and strength and links to Helen Reddy’s feminist phrase ‘I am woman, hear me roar’
She switched to the News. It was all about / Muslims, Christians, Jews.
religions are graphologically isolated from the rest of the stanza
3 abrahamic religions - a critique of theistic societies? or a critique of how the news targets religion?
internal rhyme (‘News’ and ‘Jews) increases the pace and momentum mirrors her increasing anger and volume?
4th stanza
employs dactylic hexameter- homeric (links to epic poem)
this stanza reflects the all-consuming rage and how it has taken on a life of its own (like Homer’s poems)
Then her scream was a huge bird
noun- can be frightened or excited
metaphor/ adjective / noun- symbolic of flight and freedom
like an avalanche
simile- near possible to escape, reflects the magnitude of her voice
Her voice stomped through the city
personification- insinuates the sheer scale and effect of her voice
She bawled at the moon and it span away / into space.
noun- often seen as a feminine symbol, but it seems to be unwilling to be seen/associated with her, reflecting how far she has strayed from the societal expectations of women
is the noun emblematic of women and the hierarchy of womanhood?
the prayers of the priest, the pad of the feet / in the mosque
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the children cowering under their pews
repetition of ‘p’ creates plosive sounds which juxtapose the quiet imagery
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this is somewhere they thought that they would be safe
the President’s cough
dismissive and hides the atrocities that are happening
loud, loud, louder, the News.
despite her efforts, her voice is futile as it is underappreciated and drowned out by ‘the News’
does the repetition suggest that the news of the event is greater than the apathy given?
