Death In Lemington Flashcards
1
Q
Form?
A
- 3rd person= detachment nurse has from old woman, makes it generic
- stanza 6= speaker questions nurse; tone of frustration at lack of care
2
Q
Language?
A
- Habitual tasks= mundanity of death, little impact old women’s death has
- dilapidated house reflects decaying women
- end stanza= cleaning it for next person, no respect for death
3
Q
Imagery?
A
•personification in stanza 2= juxtaposes her lifelessness
^ emphasises lack of difference between inanimate objects+humans
•stanza 3= objects have souls; souls are worthless
4
Q
Rhyme scheme?
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ABCB= juxtaposes false cheeriness with negative content of poem
5
Q
Tone?
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Ironic:
•between domestic, routine tasks and death of old woman
•dramatic irony as reader knows women is dead but nurse doesn’t
6
Q
Structure?
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- immediate intro of death= makes nurse look worse as she doesn’t know
- fixed stanzas= impact of death nothing as life goes on
- cyclical structure= nothing changes
7
Q
Links?
A
- IWAVT= objects personify nature of person (tidy/alone)
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8
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Meaning?
A
Mundanity of death; attack on nurses at old peoples home
