Genetics (PotD) Flashcards

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(1) my fathers ‘IN’ my fingers, but my mothers ‘IN’ my palms

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REPETITION of ‘IN’ - deep, innate, profound connection

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(1) ‘i lift them up and look at them with pleasure’

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speaker feels sense of awe, wonder and joy

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(1) ‘I know my parents made me’

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speaker feels a sense of certainty and security

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(2) ‘Seperate’ x2

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Repition
- clear and definite divide
- further supported through the verb ‘repelled’

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(3) ‘who quarry for their image by a river’

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METAPHOR - suggests that the parents struggle to recognise the love they once shared

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(5) ‘My body is their marriage register’

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METAPHOR - she is a permanent non-ambigious record of their marriage (and love)
- binding record of the love they once shared

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(6) So take me with ‘you’

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2ND PERSON SINGULAR - direct address
- addressing current partner
- wants to have child to bind their love forever

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(6) ‘take up the skin’s demands’

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PERSONIFICATION - suggests within all of us their’s an undeniable desire to find and share love.

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(6) ‘I’ll bequeath my fingers, if you bequeath your palms’

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REPETITION - suggests that sharing and passing on love is valuable

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