from the journal of a disappointed man - andrew motion Flashcards
enjambment
creates a sense of story
inconsistent rhyme scheme
forcing meaning
regular stanzas
mundanity
‘discovered’
adventure - hyperbole
education/ science - contrasts manual labour
segregated from men
‘pier’
symbolises the expectations that society has of men to be strong, even in the unknown
‘chains, pulleys, cranes, ropes’
semantic field of construction
invisible things that bind men to masculinity
‘a massive affair, swinging over the water’
hyperbole
enjambment - crisis of masculinity
do they want to let go?
‘ruminative and silent men ignoring me.’
end stopped line - segregated from society
bored of everyday life
mundanity
‘let go or hold tight: all monosyllables’
imperatives
functional job
‘obscure movements’
sounds secretive
‘i cannot say what. every one of the monsters was silent on the subject’
hypermasculinity - real man
alien to the speaker
‘so tired of the whole business’
tired of masculinity
boredom of daily life
‘crossing his strong arms over his chest’
asserting dominance
‘secret problem’
internal conflict regarding masculinity
conform or not?
‘slackened and finally ceased’
giving into stereotypes
‘gaze down like a mystic into the water’
trying to find answers
superior
‘the pile still in mid air, and me of course.’
pressure on men is too insurmountable to overcome
headlines
the human need for meaning
the ease with which we glorify lives we are not a part of
the thrill of the unknown
the disregard for authority
we make life more dramatic to get through the mundanity
we overanalyse things
