Before You Were Mine

Question 1

“Your ghost clatters towards me”

Answer 1

(Metaphor)
She’s so close to her mum that she can see and visualise that she was like in the past, furthermore “ghost” highlights her mother’s glamorous past won’t return

Question 2

“Wrong pavement”

Answer 2

(Metaphor)
Contextually, implies views on women. After have a child women are expected to nurture the child and not have a career. Implies that having a child can ruin your life
Implies she’s made the wrong choice in life.

Question 3

“Marilyn”

Answer 3

(Metaphor)
Compares her mum to Marilyn Monroe who was a famous film star who tragically took her life which could hint unhappiness to come

Question 4

“Clear as scent”

Answer 4

(Simile)
Shows that her imagination is so vivid she can smell her mother as if she were there