"Back in the Playground Blue" V.I.P.S Flashcards
Who is the poet of this poem?
Adrian Mitchell
What is the vocabulary of this poem?
-Easy to understand
-Casual
-Vernacular
-Repetition
What are the issues of this poem?
-Bullying
-Animal cruelty
-Peer pressure
What is the punctuation of this poem?
-Enjambment (flow)
-Unusual capitalisation “Rulers”
-Rhetorical question
-inverted commas
What is the structure of this poem?
-Sense of claustrophobia (tight three-line stanza’s)
-Long list stanza illustrates the many targets of bullies
“The ———- was —– miles —- and the ———- was —- miles
—-“
“The playground was three miles long and the playground was five miles wide”
-Hyperbole
-Setting
“It was —— black —– —— with a —- fence ——- all ——
broken —– —– tarmac with a —- —— ——– all ——”
“It was broken black dusty tarmac with a high fence running all around broken black dusty tarmac with a high fence running all around”
-Interesting adjectives
-Alliteration
-Cacophony
-Rhythmic
-Repetition
“Got a —— and a ——, they’re a ——– miles —- the ——- of the ——- —— are ——- out to —- ——– thinking — they —– to —- with —–?”
“Got a mother and a father, they’re a thousand miles away the Rulers of the Killing Ground are coming out to play everyone thinking: who they going to play with today?”
-Hyperbole
-isolation
-rhetorical question
” - —– who — – get – and — – for — —- thing – —”
“O those who get it get it and get it for any damn thing at all”
-Repetition
-anger “damn”
”—— on its —– —- rocking in the ——— sun but a —— can’t
— for —–, a ——– not —- the —”
“Beetle on its black back rocking in the lunchtime sun but a beetle can’t beg for mercy, a beetle’s not half the fun”
-interesting adjectives
-alliteration
-cacophony
-rhythmic
-repetition
”—– a —- voice ——-, it had that ——- —–; “It ——– them for —-“ but I have —– —– any —– in my —- that’s —– than the
——- ——”
“Heard a deep voice talking, it had that iceberg sound; “It prepares them for life” but I have never found any place in my life that’s worse than the Killing Ground”
-Cold-hearted voice
-metaphor “iceberg”
-direct speech - authenticity
-Mitchell’s opinion
