Eden Rock Flashcards
Who’s the poet and what context lays behind him
Charles causley
He was an only child and his father died when he was 7
He wrote most of his life through his poems
Eden rock is a fictional place
What are the comparisons to other poems
Nuetral tones»_space; power of memory
Follower»_space; close bond between parent/child
Before you were mine»_space; vivid childhood memory
Letters from Yorkshire» distance is over come
How is memory portrayed
Childhood memories to create a vivid scene > beautiful description
What is the effect of the references to light
And also the colour white suggest a heavenly setting ‘takes on the light’
What techniques are used to create what mood of the poem
Enjambment/caesura/half-rhymes
It creates a natural gentle rhythm and peaceful mood
What’s the effect of vague language
‘Somewhere beyond’ hints at the unreality and heavenly sounding location
What’s the form of the poem
Regular structure which reflects steady nature of sons relationship with parents
What’s the defect of the final line
It’s seperated from the rest of the poem to emphasise the narrators current separation from his parents
It’s ambiguous as we don’t actually know what it means
What are the stanza structures and their effect
First 3 - narrator affectionally describes parents
4th & 5th - parents turn their attention towards the narrator
Last like
What’s the last line of the poem
’ I had not thought it would be like this’
^^ he could be referring to die or be born or after life itself
What themes are in the poem
Family relationships
Memory
Distance
How are bonds in relationships shown
He imagines parents to be waiting for him
Scene is described as idyllic and it shows how fondly he remembers spending time with his parents
How is death shown in the poem
‘Lit by three suns’ hints at heavenly setting in which the family can be reunited in death
