Assisi key quotes Flashcards
What is the commonality for Assisi
‘Assisi’ uses language features add question as the spectator observes both the priest and the tourists ignoring the beggar which shows the fault within the church and also showing the hypocrisy of the church.
What are key quotes for stanza 1 (4) Assisi
“Hands on backwards”
“Sat like a half filled sack”
“Outside the three tier of riches built”
“Had advantage of not being dead yet”
What’s the explanation of “sat like a half filled sack”
Imagery, simile
Compares the beggar to a bag that hasn’t been filled up. The similarities are they it shows how the dwarf is lifeless and dehumanises him. This creates contrast by making the readers think he is useless.
What’s the explanation “hands on backwards”
Imagery, metaphor
- this compares the beggar to a object that isn’t fully formed. The similarities are that it suggests the dwarf is physically disabled. Gives the reader a feel to see how deformed the man is and shows his severe helplessness. This contrasts the building as he is outside a gorgeous building
Explain “outside the three tiers of riches built”
Wc- ‘three tiers’ connotates to being splendid and rich. Using this wc demonstrates how big and fascinating the surrounding are around the dwarf, idea that the three tiers being built being built highlights the mans poverty being ignored
Explain the quote of “had the advantage of not being dead yet
Word choice
“Advantage” has connotations of benefits
-poet uses this as it demonstrates the mans condition is so bad that he may be better dead and compared to his surrounding the only thing good in his life is that he isn’t dead.
What are the key quotes for stanza 2 Assisi
“Priest explained”
“Would reveal to the illiterate”
“The explanation and cleverness”
Explain the quote “priest explained”
Wc- explained connotates to telling and informing
-shows how the priest is telling the background about the painting which contrasts the premise and st Francis because the priest represents the church and he is meant to do the teaching of god but instead acting like a tour guide
Priest isn’t do his job right
Explain the quote “would reveal to the illiterate”
WC- ‘illiterate’ suggests unable to read
Shows the moral question of the expenses of the painting and the sacrifices it is making for people being unable to read and the true message of the bible isn’t being paid off
Explain the quote “the explanation and the cleverness”
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Wc- ‘cleverness’ connotates to being smart and intelligent
- this mocking and cynical tone as the poet believes the priest hasn’t done their job correctly and now the protest has failed to preach the bible
What are the key quotes of stanza 3 Assisi
“A rush of tourists, clucking contentedly” “Scattered the grain of the word” “Passed the ruined temple” “Whose lopsided mouth” “Voice as sweet as a child’s”
Explain the quote “ a rush of tourists clucking contentedly”
Metaphor, compared the tourists to chickens, similarities of the chicken and tourists is that chickens are known to be stupid, which the poet thinks the tourists are too. Shows how rude and inhuman the tourists are being towards the beggar
Explain the quote “fluttered after him as he scattered the grain of the word”
Comapares the tourists to chicken. Similarities is that it again reinforces the idea that the tourists are stupid and have no mind of their own. The fact that they are “fluttering away” shows how they aren’t listening and only following, showing how the preaching of the church isn’t working
Explain the quote “passed the ruined temple outside”
Metaphor compares the beggar to being beautiful and outstanding. Similarities is that the man is beautiful like the temple, but now is ruined and deformed. Creates sympathy as however he is a temple in the outside, he is the opposite in his appearance
Explain the quote “whose lopsided mouth”
Wc- lopsided- suggests something being different and unnatural. Emphasises how the dwarfs exterior is locked on something unnatural and therefore in society wrong meaning the dwarf shouldn’t be touched
