walking away Flashcards
(14 cards)
what is walking away back
about a father who thinks back on his sons childhood after hes left home. reflects on his sons time at school with a tinge of regret that they didn’t spend more time togheter
how is nature shown in walking away through quotes
“sunny day with leaves just turning”
- characterisies his son as “ a half-fledged thing set free into the wildness”
“nature gives and takes”
“sunny day with leaves just turning”
- employs patheic fallacy in the first few lines of the poem where the sunny weather mirriors his happy mood - sets up theme of nature and establishes a noglastic feel which is carried out through poem
-evokes colours of orange and red which evoke warmth
“just turning” mark the start of change in nature — not yet dramatic, but inevitable.
suggests a positive, loving bond between the parent and child.
characterisies his son as “ a half-fledged thing set free into the wildness”
noun “wildness” portray sthe school he is going to as wild and chaotic - ironic as schools are strict - the irony shows how he is over sentimental about his son as he is worrging when there is not reason to worry
“thing” is almost dehumanising him making him seem as he is not a mature man but as a ‘thing’ that he is reluctant to let go of.
“nature gives and takes”
reinforces the semantic field of nature. the writer thinks that nature is all inspiring by almost reffering to his son in natural terms he is shwoing that it is almosta natural form of grief + a natural process
how is abandoment and guilt shown in wlaking away through quotes
’ like a statletite wrenched from its orbit’
‘ i can see you walking away from me’
‘god along could perfectly show… love is proved in letting go
’ like a statletite wrenched from its orbit’
- theme of space - shwoing the vast abiss of the wild world that he feels he is throwing his son into by letting him go
- verb ‘wrenched’ connotates to pull or tug showing that he feels that his son is being snatched from him + that there is now some type of alien force between them
’ i can see you walking away from me’
the synatical distance between “you” and “me” reflects their now physical distance
‘god along could perfectly show… love is proved in letting go
- reference to god shows a sense of omnipotence to the speakers conclusion
- rhyming couplets makesit sound like a proverb suggesting the speaker is certain in his conclusion and seems to have dissolved his guilt
form
the regularity of the stanzas makes this grief seem universal and almost like a regular expiernce for all parents
structure
tone at the beginning f the poem is unsure whereas at the end it is content
how does wa link to winter swans
they both feel a sense of conflict, day-leiws is reluctant to let go of his son and there is conflict in the relationship in ws
- difference in tone, ws - melancholy, - wa even though some melancoly, mainly nostalgic
how does wa have simular form to ws
both in regular stnazas which give them a organised feel
exam plan for ws + wa
PARAGRAPH 1: Nature as a Reflection of Emotion
PARAGRAPH 2: Physical and Emotional Distance
PARAGRAPH 4: Resolution and Reconnection
