arrivals, departures

Question 1

what image is used?

Answer 1

image of boat ‘arriving’ on the morning shore to explore life’s opportunities and the difficulty of ever knowing whether we have made the right choice

Question 2

title

Answer 2

clipped

quick syntax

Question 3

this town

channel

Answer 3

vague lang

makes it applicable for everyone

‘man at bus stop’
‘sad eyed realism’

channel - narrow

Question 4

sliding

Answer 4

quietly

Question 5

traveller

Answer 5

opportunites

Question 6

(His bag of samples knocking at his knees)

Answer 6

Parenthesis. Alliteration.

Opportunities are heavy and plentiful.

theyre a burden and overwhelming

Question 7

slackened engines gliding

Answer 7

verb

opportunities are often elusive and go unnoticed and unannounced

Question 8

blurted

Answer 8

loud - opportunities come loudly at wrong time and thus are awkward

juxtaposes sliding - demands attention

Question 9

,

Answer 9

caesura - opportunities disrupt nature of your life

Question 10

barely recalled from sleep

Answer 10

metaphor

not quite conscious and so we can consciously make decisions in the wake of opportunities

Question 11

lowing, doleful distance

Answer 11

assonance.
plosive alliteration

opportunities pressure is blunt and harsh

Question 12

horny dilemmas

Answer 12

ao3) Arnott

conflicting desires

Question 13

come and choose wrong, they cry, come and choose wrong

Answer 13

society. italics. take a risk?

they fail to learn from mistakes

emphasise societal pressure

repetition