Before You Were Mine (Priority) Flashcards
1
Q
What are Before You Were Mine’s themes and comparisons
A
Negative conflicted familial relationships
Follower
Eden Rock
Has come up
1
Q
Ballroom with the ___
A
Ballroom with the thousand eyes
Hyperbolic, suggests that she has lots of pride in her mother
2
Q
“Loud ___ yell”
A
“Loud possessive yell”
Negative connotation, speaker feels guilt over their childhood
3
Q
“Before you were mine”
A
Possessive phrase, The speaker feels as if they restrict their mother from living the life they desire
4
Q
Before You Were Mine’s Structure
A
Quatrains, Steady and constant, links to the past and how it cannot be changed
