Before You Were Mine Flashcards
1
Q
Subject/theme
A
Autobiographical
About her mums life before Duffy was born
2
Q
Voice/speaker
A
First person
Autobiographical
3
Q
Form/structure
A
4 stanzas
2 about before Duffy was born
2 after Duffy was born
5 lines each
4
Q
Ideas/message
A
She wanted to know the young version of her mother
5
Q
Tone/atmosphere
A
Reminiscing mothers past
Positive
6
Q
Imagery
A
Metaphor ‘your ghost clatters towards me’
Rhetorical question ‘my loud possessive yell was the best one eh?’
Metaphor ‘stamping stars from the pavement’
7
Q
R,R,S
A
Alliteration ‘Maggie McGeeney’
8
Q
Context
A
‘Marilyn’ time period (40s)
