From Long Distance Revision

Question 1

Who wrote From Long Distance?

Answer 1

Tony Harrison

Question 2

When was From Long Distance written?

Answer 2

1978

Question 3

What are the three main ideas in From Long Distance?

Answer 3

1. Men feel as if their grief has to be hidden because they cannot have emotions due to societal expectations
2. Irrational denial of grief and death
3. Irony that the son also experiences irrational grief just like his father

Question 4

What are two poetic techniques used in From Long Distance with examples?

Answer 4

Volta after second stanza to signal the change from about the father to about the son. Rhyme scheme changes from ABAB to ABBA.
“warming” “gas” and “hot” form a semantic field of warmth that contrasts to the coldness of a dead body.