Basking Shark K.O Flashcards
“On a sea tin tacked with rain” techniques
Onomatopoeia- where it says tacked, it gives you the idea of pins being tacked on the wall and the sound of then dropping on the floor.
Alliteration of the T
“The room sized monster with a matchbox brain” techniques
Metaphor- this gives us the impression that the monster is humongous but not very intelligent.
“He displaced more than water” techniques
Short statement-
Caesura- this is used to make the reader pause and take in what they have just read, it hasn’t only displaced the boat but it has displaced the readers mindset as the poet is almost shook about what has just happened to him.
“He shoggled me centuries back”
Onomatopoeia- you can hear the ‘shoggle’
Metaphor- this was used to interpret that the shark didn’t only shoggle the boat but he shoggled the poets mind by making him think that this magnificent beast just shook his boat but didn’t think to hurt him.
“This decadent Townee shook on a wrong branch of this family tree”
Metaphors , MacCaig is comparing himself to the shark by saying his evolvement is more developed than the shark.
“Emerging from the slime of everything” techniques
Metaphor- the poet is making us think where we all originated from and how developed we are now. It’s also pointing out that the poem is water based by the use of the word ‘slime’
“So who’s the monster” techniques
Rhetorical question- this is MacCaig saying he thinks that we might be the monster as we’re harming animals by holding them in captivity whereas the animals are just doing their natural things.
“To stub an oar on a rock where none should be
To have it rise with a slounge out of the sea”
Repetition- the are repeating the word ‘to’ to add impact to the opening lines and draw the reader in.
