the way my mother speaks Flashcards
i say her phrases
personal
possession relationship
mothers apart of her identity
in my head
closemess she feels to her mother comfort
eases anxiety
longs to hear her mothers words
restful shapes moving
oxymoron train is moving but scenery still of vice versa
image conveys her confusion and uncertainty
the day and ever, the day and ever
sibilance reflects train moving.
trying to sooth herself,
represents her mother constant in her life.
scots words links to speakers mther
the train this slow evening
transferred epithet. slow train not evening. slow sounds like the slow evening, emphasises tedious progress of the train
goes down england
long vowels emphasise long journey
browsing for the right sky
personification, slow paced and leisurely metaphor for making the right choices in life.
looking for where she belongs but she’s not worried about it as it is leisurely
too blue swapped for a cool grey
contrast of colour blue suggests sunny life and home and childhood
grey= city uncertainty of childhood
“too” outgrown
grey+apprehension
miles
emphasises long journey and distance
what like is it
what like is it
repetition, reinforcing how anxious she is.
echoing her mums words her inner voice is linked to her mother’s.
Nothing is silent. Nothing is not silent
contradiction from her head, is busy her mums words in her head
The double negative reflects ambiguous feelings about leaving. The memories still have voices in your head.
Confusion
only tonight
brief moment of reflection.
once in a lifetime opportunity
She expresses contradictory, uncertain emotions
sad to be leaving her mother behind or even mourning the end of her childhood. But she is also positive about what the future holds for her
i am happy and sad
contradiction uses childlike words to explain her emotions, swan song to her childhood. confusion
confident about the future
like a child
saying goodbye to her childhood
compares speaker to child
who stood at the end of summer
end of childhood.
growing up time change
