Genetics (PotD)

Question 1

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

Answer 1

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

Question 2

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

Answer 2

speaker feels sense of awe, wonder and joy

Question 3

(1) ‘I know my parents made me’

Answer 3

speaker feels a sense of certainty and security

Question 4

(2) ‘Seperate’ x2

Answer 4

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

Question 5

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

Answer 5

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

Question 6

(5) ‘My body is their marriage register’

Answer 6

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

Question 7

(6) So take me with ‘you’

Answer 7

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

Question 8

(6) ‘take up the skin’s demands’

Answer 8

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

Question 9

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

Answer 9

REPETITION - suggests that sharing and passing on love is valuable