age Flashcards
age fallen
growing older
reflection on death and life
like white swaddling
simile - protectiveness has disappeared
innocence was once preserved
scuttling with voices
insect imagery - impeding and imposing nature of life
metaphor - bustling life
you tall game
connotes gentleness of youth - now intangible
youth as abstract
game of life - tired of conforming
wade through you like knee level weeds
concrete imagery - to physicality and effort of aging
translucent bergs
berg- past as he reflects and realises life lacks significance- clear in wake of death.
changed perspective
silence and space
euphemism to death
looking back on his old life as realising it had substance - now grateful in wake of death
nest here of my head
animal imagery / metaphor
past memories have left his mind
they are forgettable
no longer hold significance
birds adept splay
polysyndenton - explores the speakers reflecting and thinking about his uncertain legacy
becomes more philosophical
context
mvmt writers
time, soils erodes and disappoints
