A child to a sick grandfather Flashcards
What is this poem about ?
A boy sitting and addressing his grandfather and the speaker recalls past events and says ways his grandfather is dying but will not accept his death
What is the context of this poem?
Balalie was a Scottish poet and a playwright
Daughter of Presbyterian minister
Women writer
Well know writer
What does the word elegy mean?
A poem of serious reflection
What was the role of children?
It was influenced by the bible- “respect your mother and father” respect elders
however children were seen as the foundations of a family and believed all children were born innocent
What is the link to context through the child telling this poem?
They believed that children were innocent which is the romanticism view
What is the use of past tense within this poem?
Talking about all the memories with his grandad and letting it go in the past
How many stanza’s in the poem?
8 stanzas and 6 lines which shows how a child’s feelings have changed over time
What does the last line of each poem have different?
different amount of syllables which is used to illustrate the emotions the characters are feeling
What is always repeated ?
Dad, cyclic feeling and always going back to him
What is the caesura used as?
“glittering swords- you nod i think?” - saying the child is being forced into unsettling experiences
Direct adress?
grand-dad
Rhetorical question?
“you will not die and leave us then?- desperation of grandfather to stay
past tense?
That was my horse- used to show the memories within the past
