Triple time Flashcards
(7 cards)
1
Q
What are the 2 ideas within the poem?
A
- the present bringing no joy or pleasure, as we spend it hoping for the future
- the future just allows us to see the chances we missed in our past, due to desiring for the future
2
Q
1 - ‘This empty street, this sky to __ scoured’
A
blandness - semantic field of abscence = mundanity of the present
3
Q
1 - ‘like a __’
A
reflection - similie = present is a reflection of the past + lacks specifics - distorted and hollow
4
Q
1 - ‘a time __ by event’
A
unreccomended - the present lacks all things one person may desire
5
Q
2 - ‘a valley __ by fat neglected chances’
A
cropped - antithesis = many oppertunities are missed
6
Q
2 - ‘forbore to __’
A
fleece - failed to take the chances in our past present
7
Q
2 - ‘__ perspectives, seasonal decrease’
A
threadbare - we blame our past selves for desiring more, instead of taking acountability
