Sunny Prestatyn Flashcards
1
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Key themes & attitudes in the poem (6)
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- Women are innocent and pure
- Women are glamourous and sexual
- Women are objectified and abused by men
- Men abuse women because they feel sexually inadequate
- British society was weakened by these attitudes
- It’s important to view lifes flaws
2
Q
Contexts evident in the poem (5)
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- Focus on everyday
- Accessible ideas and language
- Craft of the Poet (The Movement)
- Mid 20th Century views of women
- Rise of advertising
3
Q
Comedic elements in the poem (7)
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- Bawdy language
- Colloquial language
- Happiness
- Exaggeration
- Dark undercurrents
- Satire
- Comic irony
4
Q
Elements of the poem that aren’t conventionally comic (2)
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- Images of rape and violence
- Journey from happiness to disillusionment
5
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Structural elements of the poem (2)
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- Regular structure of 3-8 line stanzas
- Intricate rhyme schemes
6
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Language elements of the poem
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- Semantic field of the body
- Images of purity
- Images of glamour
- Monosyllabic words
- Polysyllabic words
