Basking shark Flashcards
How many Stangza’s are there in Basking Shark?
5
How many lines are in each Stangza?
4
What techniques are being used in this quote? Name and explain
“To stub an oar on a rock where none should be,”
Repetition-to draw in the reader they repeat the word “to” to make an impact in the opening line.
Evaluate this quote:
“On a sea tin tacked with rain”
This makes us think about how quiet it is on the sea. The fact he can hear every single rain drop emphasises the eeriness.
What does this quote make us think about the shark?
“Room sized monster with a maxbox brain“
It tells us that the shark is extremely large that has little cleverness.
What has the shark actually moved?
“He displaced more than water”
The shark has moved the poets mind amd thoughts. It has made him think deeply about how humans are actually more destructive.
In the quote “He shoggled me centuries back” what does the word “shoggled” mean.
Shoggled is the combination of to shake/shoogle. This is the use of onomatopoeia.
What techniques are being used in this quote?
“Swish up the dirt and, when it settles, a spring, is all clearer.”
“Swish” is a use of sliberant sounds and an onomatopoeia describing the movement of water. There is also the use of caesura meaning the poet wants us to think deeply about the pause in the line.
Evaluate this quote
“Who’s the monster?”
This rhetorical question made us think about how humans are actually the monsters. This shark causes no harm where as humans hunt and kill these creatures.
Name and explain the techniques and themes of this quote.
“Emerging from the slime of everything”
Techniques: This is a metaphor describing how the shark hasn’t evolved from the very start of time.
Theme:The reference is emerging from the very beginning of time implying that the shark hasn’t evolved. The origins of human life. He uses slime to represent the setting of the poem. Referring to the theme of evolution.
