Catrin Flashcards
Unconditional love between who?
Mother and daughter.
Passage of time?
From baby to teenager.
What language techniques are evident throughout the play?
Alliteration.
Assonance.
Imagery.
What structure techniques are evident throughout the play?
Enjambment.
Two separate stanzas.
Fractured lines.
What does the alliteration and assonance do?
Mimic sounds of giving birth, intensifying conflict.
What do the two separate stanzas mean?
Past and present.
Baby to teenager.
What does the title ‘Catrin’ suggest?
Addressed to a child but its universal as its not repeate throughout the play.
What kind of language is used?
Simple neutral language.
What does the simple neutral language show?
The simplicity of the bond between mother and daughter.
What is the imagery of?
Birth.
Pain.
Growing up.
What does the poem contrast with?
The idea that people are going about there everyday business to then one of the most important moments of her life.
The phrase ‘i’…
Personal.
Reflective.
Past tense.
‘hot, white room’…
Sterial hospital room.
‘The people and cars taking turn at the traffic lights’…
Juxtaposes this image with the most important event in life.
‘I can remember you’…
Address to her child.
‘First fierce’…
Alliteration highlights the conflict.
‘The tight red rope of love which we both fought over’…
Metaphor. Umbilical cord Passion. Love. Bond.
‘Fought over’…
Metaphorical and physical struggle.
Fight is on going
‘I wrote all over the walls with my words’…
Metaphor to highlight her screams and shouts.
‘Wild, tender circles’…
Juxtaposition of emotions and experiences of child birth.
‘Of our struggle to become separate’…
Enjambment.
Physically separates the lines.
‘We wanted, we shouted, to be two, to be ourselves’…
Much like mother and teenager.
After the 1st stanza, how many years does the poem jump to?
14 years later.
Baby to teen
‘Glass tank’…
Metaphor for cot.
caesura =
Definite pause.
‘Still i am fighting you off’…
Conflict is on going.
‘Straight strong long’…
Alliteration.
Listing highlights how she has grown and become independent.
‘Heart’s pool that old rope’…
Metaphor for unbreakable bond.
Unconditional love.
‘Love and conflict’…
Juxtaposed emotions.
‘In the dark, for one more hour’…
Metaphor.
‘In the dark’ with parenting.
What kind of conflict is it?
Growing up tension and conflict.
What other poems does this link with?
Poppies.
What were they like?
Extract from the Prelude.
Themes?
Memories.
Growth.
Love.
