Family Poems Flashcards
What’s climbing my grandfather about?
Speaker recalls how as a child her crawl all over is grandfather and compare it to climbing it to a Moutan
Climbing my grandfather-comparison
Walking away Before you were mine Eden rock Follow Mother any distance
Whiteout a rope or net
Start of extended metaphor
Feels safe and trusts grandad
CLIMBING MY GRANDFATHER
Trying to get a grip
Metaphor
Trying to get to know him
CLIMBING MY GRANDFATHER
Soft and white at this altitude
Metaphor
Hairs being compared to snow tells us he’s reached the top of the mountain and know all about his grandad
CLIMBING MY GRANDFATHER
Smiling mouth
Values and enjoys spending time with him
CLIMBING MY GRANDFATHER
I rest for a while
Imagery
Turns from climbing the mountain to his grandads shoulders
CLIMBING MY GRANDFATHER
What’s mother any distance about
Mother helping her son take measurements for his new house
Mother any distance comparisons
Walking away
Before you were mine
Eden rock
Follower
The acres of the walked,the priaries of the floor
Hyperbole
Emptiness-separation
MOTHER ANY DISTANCE
Anchor.kite
Metaphor
MOTHER ANY DISTANCE
I space walk
Exciting new journey
New surrounding cautious
MOTHER ANY DISTANCE
What’s Eden rock about
Memory of a childhood picnic in Eden rock - made up- memory of the day and looking ahead at life I.e death
Eden rock comparisons
Follower
Before you were mine
I had not thought that it would be like this
Metaphor
Visual image of the living and the dead
Thought the transition/ process would have been a lot harder than it actually was
EDEN ROCK
