Genetics Flashcards
Themes of Genetics
Parent/child relationships.
Love
Childhood
Stanza 1-3 summary
parents relationship and divide
(1) my fathers ‘IN’ my fingers, but my mothers ‘IN’ my palms
REPETITION of ‘IN’ - deep, innate, profound connection
(1) ‘i lift them up and look at them with pleasure’
speaker feels sense of awe, wonder and joy
(1) ‘I know my parents made me’
speaker feels a sense of certainty and security
(2) ‘Seperate’ x2
REPETTION - clear and definite separation/divide
- further supported through use of verb ‘repelled’
(3) ‘who quarry for their image by a river’
METAPHOR - suggests that the parents struggle to recognise the love they once shared
Stanza 4 summary
connects their marriage to childhood game
- connects to innocence and joy she once had
(5) ‘My body is their marriage register’
METAPHOR - she is a permanent non-ambigious record of their marriage (and love)
- binding record of the love they once shared
(6) So take me with ‘you’
2ND PERSON SINGULAR - direct address
- addressing current partner
- wants to have child to bind their love forever
(6) ‘take up the skin’s demands’
PERSONIFICATION - suggests within all of us their’s an undeniable desire to find and share love.
(6) ‘I’ll bequeath my fingers, if you bequeath your palms’
REPETITION - suggests that sharing and passing on love is valuable
