A Cradle Song (innocence) Flashcards
1
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About
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- feel of a sweet childhood lullaby.
- mother’s love for her baby
- sings song to baby who is going to sleep in the cradle
- singing verses in exclamatory tone, saying baby has a sweet smole that makes angels hover over him.
- continues all night until she hears sighns and moans of her child, and sees jesus in her face. maker, god.
- her child is peaceful to her whole creation is peaceful.
- Jesus smile of infants mile, heaven and earth keep pace.
2
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Motherly love - themes
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- innocence, role of jesus, faith
- motherly love and religious inclinations.
3
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Literary devices
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- Allusion - allusion of religion, jesus, maker
- anaphora
- assonance
- imagery - make readeres perceive things involving their five senses.
4
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‘sweet’
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- soothing,
- inducing sleep on the listerning
5
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‘sorrows sit’
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- alliteration, complement metrical rhythems.