effects Flashcards
‘chopping, slicing’ ‘scrubbing’
present continous tense-> this was her role in society- to remain in the domestic sphere
‘giving love the only way she knew’
+asydnetic list
food= provision of love
list- life was hetic but she feels self fulfilled- ppl depended on her for food+ to run the house
shows work- labour of love- willing does it-> validates work she does bc it shows it’s not easy
‘cheap cut of meat’
another side of job- budgeting or they= working class
re,inscent off food ate during the war-> rationnned for 14 yrs after war
‘scent-sprays… ‘abroad’ (include whole quote not …)
had her own desires but hidden away-> couldn’t indulge in her desires-> things she treasured but couldn’t pursue
‘only now that he was dead.’
caesura - first pause-> finality of father’s death-> shows shift in her life bc part of her identity is gone
watch… gone (write full quote)
time= relative of purpose- doesn’t need to check time bc she has no purpose
2. watch taken away by psych ward- taking away her identity
‘Watching soaps and game shows i disdain’
‘bland familiar flavours’
teenage judgement/arrogance- patronising
critical of mothers interests highlights generation gap+ still doesn’t fully understand mother’s love+sacrifice
‘funny foreign stuff’
fricatives- shows judgement
‘stuff’ dismisses her (the son) doesn’t consider why she doesn’t want to try new things-> old thing remind her of time when she was with her husband+ had purpose+ felt fulfilled
-> after war ppl ate British food -so comforting
‘heaved…
switch to past tense- contrast energy from before
enjambment- time is moving but she isn’t
stuck in this shell of herself
‘who would steal anything’
dementia- paranoia abt ppl who take care of her
ppl who don’t use their brains r more likely to get dementia-> shows how role in society didn’t allow her to utilise her brain- criticism of society that only allowed men to enter public sphere+ made women dependent on them
‘thick rubber band’
labelled- this rubber band replaces watch with personal significance- now made to looks the same
on the hand i held
string of memory- starts + ends with him holding her hand-> overarching emotion- regret
creation of Adam painting
role reversal now son hold her hand instead of her holding his
‘and she took her pills and blinked and stared’
shift polysydelton- her life drags on doesn’t have same fulfillment
please don’t leave but ofc i left;
fear of loneliness
caesura- tone of regret realises his arrogance
‘effects’ (at end of poem)
belongings after death OR impact she had on his personhood
structure
length of poem- how far bck he went in her life
erratic line lengths- mixed order of memories
growing rhyme scheme- shift to future show her mental regression
