Absence - Elizabeth Jennings Flashcards
1
Q
context
A
- very personal
- griefs loss
2
Q
structure
A
- lyrical poem
- half rhyme
- Iambic pentameter
3
Q
‘I visited the place where we first met’
A
- juxtaposition of singular to plural pronoun use
-vague - significant
4
Q
personification
A
‘to instruct me’
‘thoughtless bird’
5
Q
‘savage force’
A
- aggressive and dramatic vocab
- power of feeling
- string description
6
Q
‘An earthquake tremor: fountain, birds and grass’
A
- metaphor for her emotions
- triad
- emphasises places she’s been
