“Basking Shark” Flashcards
1
Q
“on a rock”
A
- metaphor
compares shark to the rock, bulky or solid without feeling or intelligence, could still cause harm
2
Q
“roomsized monster”
A
- metaphor
“roomsized emphasises vast size, monster low down on evolutionary scale.”
3
Q
“matchbox brain”
A
- comparison
while the shark is large it lacks intelligence which makes it dangerous, the poet believes humanity is superior.
4
Q
“he displaced more than water”
A
shark makes him rethink his life and man’s position in it.
