First Flight - Fanthorpe Flashcards
1
Q
Poems to compare to
A
- Postcard from a travel snob
- Hurricane hits England
- In Romney Marsh
2
Q
context
A
- people watcher
- worked in a psychiatric hospital
- shifting perspective
3
Q
First two stanzas
A
- fear vs realisation
- voice is terrified, amazed and deep in thought while flying
4
Q
‘This is a rather short hop for me’
A
serious formal tone
5
Q
‘I’m doing it just to say I’ve done it’
A
- conversational informal tone
- voice is thinking
- quietness as flying makes them feel small and unimportant
6
Q
‘My last trip was Beijing. Know where it is?’
A
- condescending tone
- bragging about how well travelled they are
7
Q
‘Too cld. Too near the sun’
A
- Oxymoron
- makes the world metaphorically more cold too
