Mrs Sisyphus Flashcards
(15 cards)
what does the first stanza of sisyphus represent?
anger and is fast paced
what key features does sisyphus have?
comedic violence - dramatic monologue - ancient greek mythological setting
who was sisyphus?
greek king - cursed to push a boulder up a hill
where does the poet directly reference the myth in sisyphus?
‘pushing the stone up the hill’
‘jerk’
colloquial chatty sounding term
‘kirk’
church
what are ‘irk’ ‘jerk’ ‘berk’ ‘kirk’ and ‘dirk’
scottish slang
‘when you haven’t the time to pop open a cork or go for a walk in the park?’
almost satirical language
‘A load of old bollocks’
stands out from other language - bawdy and confronting
‘He might as well bark’
animalistic values
‘keen as a hawk
lean as a shark’
mocking
‘feeling like noah’s wife’ and ‘Frau Johann Sebastian Bach’
anachronism, out of place error in time
‘squawk’
onomatopoeia, animalistic
‘he is giving one hundred per cent and more to his work’
acceptance and finally giving up - fruitless task
what does the last stanza in mrs sisyphus represent?
melancholy and acceptance, realisation
