Assisi Flashcards
1
Q
DWARF
A
- word choice
- disability, deformity, small man, negative connotations
2
Q
SAT, SLUMPED like a HALF-FILLED SACK
A
- alliteration emphasises the ‘S’ sound which makes you
think of a sad, sighing sound - brings attention to the dwarfs posture + suggests the
beggar is small + almost worthless
3
Q
TINY TWISTED LEGS
A
- alliteration
- suggests his deformity
(he is frail, weak and unnaturally
small) - negative first impression is given
4
Q
From which SAWDUST MIGHT RUN
A
- enjambement shows how weak the beggar is
- ‘SAWDUST’ suggests a by-product and something
worthless
5
Q
in HONOUR of ST FRANCIS
A
- juxtaposes between what he wanted to happen vs what is happening (priest)
6
Q
the SUFFERING
A
- irony as the beggar is SUFFERING too
- poet is angry as the beggar is in an awful situation
7
Q
the CLEVERNESS
A
- enjambement
- ambiguous in relation to Giottos paintings but also the
priest being sneaky, making money from tours of them
8
Q
a RUSH of tourists, CLUCKING CONTENTEDLY
A
- McCaig is comparing the tourists to chickens
- ‘RUSH’ suggests the tourists moving rapidly
- onomatopoeia of ‘CLUCKING’
- alliteration of the of the ‘C’ makes us imagine the noise
- word choice of ‘CLUCKING’ makes you think of a
meaningless, stupid sound - word choice of ‘CONTENTEDLY’ suggests tourists are
happy like chickens
9
Q
FLUTTERED after him as he SCATTERED the GRAIN of the world
A
- word choice of ‘FLUTTERED’ suggests a soft movement,
the tourists aren’t going to make an impact + not
thinking very much - word choice of ‘SCATTERED’ suggests the priest is
ruthless and careless of the people - word choice of ‘GRAIN’ suggests criticism towards
priests and tourists not thinking and just gobbling food
which the beggar doesn’t have
10
Q
IT WAS THEY
A
- word choice emphasising the poets critical,
negative, angry, biblical tone towards the tourists
11
Q
the RUINED TEMPLE outside
A
- the poet juxtaposes (devastated) at the broken beggar +
contrasts with elaborate church
12
Q
WEPT PUS
A
- turning point
- imagery emphasising the tourists think the beggar is
unsightly - poet makes a point that beggars are generalised in this
way (pus, disease, dirty, disgusting)
13
Q
IN A VOICE AS SWEET AS A CHILD’S WHEN SHE SPEAKS TO HER MOTHER
A
- simile
- suggests making us imagine a beautiful sound + an
innocent image - making us feel sympathy for him as we know he is
doing nothing wrong
14
Q
or a BIRDS VOICE WHEN IT SPOKE TO ST FRANCIS
A
- metaphor highlighting the fact that ST FRANCIS reminds
us that faith is forgotten in this church
15
Q
LOPSIDED
A
- WC of ‘LOPSIDED’ suggests the beggars deformity
