before you were mine Flashcards
1
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your polka-dot dress blows round your legs. Marilyn.
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comparison to to the one word metaphor Marilyn shows how glamorous the narrator thinks the person is
2
Q
in the ballroom with the thousand eyes the fizzy movies tomorrows
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foreshadows tomorrow being full of possibbilities
3
Q
and how your ghost clatters towards me over George square
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the mums young spirit that has been left behind is all the mother can think about and wants back
4
Q
stamping stars from the wrong pavement
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the mum is a star but in the wrong life
5
Q
where you sparkle and waltz and laugh before you were mine
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the mum misses when she was glamorous and pretty and feels like a kid has ruined it for her. the word mine develops the possessive tone and emphasises the difference between then and now
