Walking Away Flashcards
(9 cards)
“ the leaves just turning”
Is the transition from summer to autumn which can reflect transition of the son’s life moving onto the next season?
“ like a satellite”
“ is a negative simile a satellite deer meant to fall out of orbit and drift away makes the sun sound help us and in danger. The simile also emphasises how the father has stopped being at the centre of the son’s life.
“ wrenched”
Enjambment The unexpected word of wrenched at the start of the line which emphasises it this reflects on how the father found the separation, sudden and painful
“ away… behind”
Enjambment highlights the way the boy turns away from his father to follow the other boys
“ like a winged seed loosened from his parents stem”
Natural simile contrast with the satellite symbol stands of one loosened is less painful and forced then wrenched this shows how the father is coming to terms of what happened and understands that it’s natural
“ God alone could perfectly show”
Religious imagery is created as in the Bible called let go of Jesus is only son when Jesus came to earth and was crucified. He did this to show that he loved them that God alone could do it shows how difficult it is.
“ how Selford begins with a walking away and the love is proved in the letting go”
Changed her most steady rhythm underlines how the father has come to a philosophical understanding. The son has to walk away from his father to find his own identity and the father proves his love for his son by letting him go.
Form
The poem has a first person narrator. This emphasises that is talking about personal experiences the use of enjambment and caesura contributes to the rhythm of the poem which sounds like natural speech the regular ABACA scheme reflects the deadlines of the father’s parental love and the repetition of a reflects how the memory of the day continues to affect him years later
Structure
And last two stand is generated about memory in the final two times as he reflects on how the memory still painted the final two lines of the poem for a sort of conclusion he understands that whilst it was a painful event it was necessary part of his son’s development
