The Underground Flashcards
(9 cards)
1
Q
Heaney is agitated and tense
A
Bared and tense as I am
2
Q
The buttons on Heaney’s wife’s coat are falling off
A
Button after button sprang off and fell in a trail
3
Q
In Heaney’s eye’s, the past is gone
A
Our echoes die in that corridor
4
Q
Heaney’s wife has stained her white coat with beetroot juice
A
some new white flower japped with crimson
5
Q
Verbs used in first stanza to convey sense of urgency
A
- Running
- Speeding
- Gaining
6
Q
Run on lines conveying sense of urgency
A
- like a fleet god gaining/Upon you
- japped with crimson/As the coat flapped wide
- button after button/Sprang off and fell in a trail
7
Q
Assonance conveying pace
A
Honeymooning, moonlighting
8
Q
Heaney is focused on the steps of his wife behind him
A
all attention/For your steps following and damned if I look back
9
Q
Heaney is picking back up the buttons later on
A
Retracing the path back, lifting the buttons
