As Imperceptibly As Grief

Question 1

As ……….. as …………

Answer 1

As imperceptibly as grief

• shows how grief is not easy to perceive correctly.
• also shows how you cannot rush the stages of grief

Question 2

The ………… ………….. away

Answer 2

The summer lapsed away

• the summer represents their peak before grief.
• it is symbolic of their happiness before grief
• “lapsed away” suggests it fades away her happiness.

Question 3

A ……….. long be ……….

Answer 3

A twilight long be sun

• twilight represents a trandpsformation in terms of her happiness becoming her grief.
• sun uses light imagery to show how her light of happiness is now changing to darkness.

Question 4

……… drew ………. In

Answer 4

Dusk drew earlier in

• dusk is inconstant which shows how grief is healed over time and the hurt will not last forever.
• earlier shows how time decides when you are out of grief and you cannot speed it up

Question 5

Without a ……….

Answer 5

Without a wing

• without a wing shows how no one can change how quickly your hurt is healed other than time.
• wing suggests help and the fact they are “without” it suggests time pushes you out of grief

Question 6

Or service of a ………

Answer 6

Or service of a keel

• keel is the spine of a birds suggesting they need no support to heal as time has all the power .
• keel could also mean a part of the boat. It is the core showing how time is the core of all life.

Question 7

Our ……….. made her ………… escape into the …………….

Answer 7

Our summer made her light escape into the beautiful

• summer makes reference to first lines where the happiness is lost and “lapsed away”
• light suggest lightness and ease. This shows how it is easy if you trust that you need to wait for time to choose when to make you happy again.
• beautiful suggests time let’s you back into the world of nature after healed. Demonstrating how time protects and heals you