aunt Julia Flashcards
‘’ stained with peat ‘’
the show aunt Julia live a traditional Scottish highland life, work very hard to maintain her farm and she very connected with nature. The word choice of ‘’ peat ‘’ connect back to the old traditional Scottish highland life, the poet suggests strong sadness of a loss of a cultures and a way of life.
‘’ she wore men boots ‘’
’ the word choice of ‘’ men boots ‘’ has connection of practical and strong. This suggests that Aunt Julia take on the man position looking after the farm and task that require muscle and strengths. This also suggests Aunt Julia is free sprit and live by her only way of life.
’ I can she her strong feet ‘’
the word choice has connotation of powerful and hard working. This suggests Aunt Julia live a hard life, with lots of task which require muscle and strength. She doses what she needs to do to make a profit for her land and her family, she also connects her to nature
- ‘’ absolute darkness ‘’
the word choice has connation of fear and scared. This show a contraction as darkness is some most young people fear it where the monsters come out at night and the bat fly around, however this gave a sense of comfort and peace. The poet felt happy and comfortable lying in the dark at his aunt house.
’ she was buckets ‘’
’ this is metaphor just as bucket are strong and large so too was Aunt Julia a strong woman, she has a personality larger than life. this suggest Aunt Julia was women with strong shoulder that could carry a lot of weight, she ran a farm doing all the task that require muscle. Her personality was large she with great heart and kindness. this also suggest Aunt Julia connection to nature and her land.
- ‘’ she was winds pouring wetly round house ends ‘’ the metaphor just as wind is strong and powerful so too is Aunt Julia. This suggests Aunt Julia connection with nature and the elements
-‘’ the metaphor just as wind is strong and powerful so too is Aunt Julia. This suggests Aunt Julia connection with nature and the elements
- ‘’ unanswered ‘’
the word choice has connection of futility and unhappiness this suggest the death of his aunt and the regret of not speaking to her in the native’s language and the loss of the Scottish culture and tradition.
’ getting angry, getting angry ‘’
the repetition reinforces his strong feeling and frustration not only at the loss of his aunt but also with the loss of a way of life.
- ‘’ silenced in the absolute black ‘’
the word choice of silence has connotations of quit and frustration. This shows the poet feels that way as he will never speak to her again. This also constant to the talkative and living Aunt Julia. The word choice of ‘’ absolute black ‘’ link back to ‘’ absolute darkness ‘’ but this time their no sense of comfort here. This suggests that darkness can become light again but black stay that way forever.
- ‘’ but I hear her still, welcoming me with seagull voices ‘
this suggest his aunt connection with natures and the land she lived on, and the poet can feel her present when surrounded by it. The word choice of ‘’ seagull’s voice ‘’ suggest the link to the language barriers and the memory of her. just as a seagull’s voice is indecipherable to humans, so too was the Gaelic language to McCaig as a boy. This shows how is recalling his aunt by being surrounding buy the nature of aunt homeland
