8 mark question Flashcards
Extract (2 marks)
(QUOTE) is an aspect of (REFER TO QUESTION) as (EXPLAIN EFFECT AND READERS EFFECT)
In another poem (4 marks)
(QUOTE) is an aspect of (REFER TO QUESTION) as (HOW IT IS AN ASPECT AND HOW THE POET DESCRIBED THIS) X2
Conclusion
In (POEM) (REFER TO QUESTION) is shown as (EXPLAIN HOW THIS IS DESCRIBES THROUGH THE POEM AND HOW THIS MAKES THE READER FEEL)
How did Norman McCaig describe a simple idea in an unusual way? (brooklyn cop)
’ He walks the sidewalk and the thin tissue over violence’
- Metaphor for the thin barrier protecting people from violence
- Innocent thing as walking the side walk means something different in his eyes
” ‘Hiya, honey’ is no cliche”
- Has a meaning for him, he has survived the day
- He cant take the little things for granted because his job is so life threating
How did Norman McCaig describe a simple idea in an unusual way ( Basking shark)
’ To stub an oar on a rock where none should be, to have it rise with a slounge out of the sea’
- The use of infanite makes the shark seem more intimidating where as its not
‘That roomsized monster with a matchbox brain’
- Using unusual words that wouldnt often be used to describe a shark to make the reader relate to it more
Describe how MacCaig explores important experiences (Basking shark)
’ For twenty seconds while sail after sail. The tall fin slid away then the tail’
- The way he uses assonance makes it sound slower reflecting on how this experience made him reflect on himself and humanity
’ Swish up the dirt and, when it settles, a spring is all the clearer. I saw me, in one fling’
- His experience with the murky water reflects on it settling and having a clear mind.
Describe how McCaig explores important human experiences (brooklyn cop )
“He walks the sidewalk and the thin tissue over violence”
Something that should be and innocent human experience is different to him because he is a cop
“when he said ‘See you, babe’ to his wife, he hoped it, he truly hoped it”
- Repetition highlights the danger of his job
Explain how McCaig explores human experiances/ Strong feelings in his poems (Visiting hour)
“The hospital smell combs my nostrils”
- The smell of hospitals usually have negative relations
“I will not feel, i will not”
- The use of repitition makes his denial obvious, he dosent want to face the fear
How McCaig explores the idea of being separated from things/ use of language to explore important experiances (Visiting hour)
“In a white cave of forgetfulness”
- The use of a metaphor shows that this is a clinical enviorment and the patient might be drugged
“What seems a corpse is trundled into a lift and vanishes heavenward”
-He is wondering what will happen when he dies
How McCaig shows strong feelings/ How he explores human experiances (Hotel room, 12th floor)
“Hear the wildest of warwhoops”
- Refernce to police sirens
- Refernce to the wild west
“The blood glazed on the sidewalks”
- Reference to viloence on the streets of new york
How McCaig explores the idea of being separated from things/ strong feelings in his poem(Hotel room)
“Midnight is not so easily defeated”
- Use of personification of the darkness possibly his fear of the dark
“I lie in bed, between a radio and a television”
- Stuck in a violent city surrounded by media
How McCaig explores the idea of being separated from things/ strong feelings in his poem(assisi)
“Reveal to the illiterate”
- Refrencing those who cant read, patronising them as it looks down on poor people
” The ruined temple outside”
- Metaphor, Compares the man to a decaying sacred place
How McCaig shows strong feelings/ How he explores human experiances (Assisi)
“He had the advantage of not being dead yet”
- Poet is being ironic the only thing they have is being alive
” The ruined temple outside”
- Metaphor, Compares the man to a decaying sacred place
