Glasgow 5th March 1971

Question 1

What are the themes in “Glasgow 5th of March”?

Answer 1

-violence
-society’s indifference
-crime
-painful experience

Question 2

“spurts arterial blood”

Answer 2

-word choice
-(spurts) Bursting, forceful, gushing
-(arterial) serious, life threatening, endangered
-Huge volume of blood , life threatening loss of blood, important part of the body damaged

Question 3

“starfished out”

Answer 3

-Imagery
-Starfish have there arms stretched out
-helps to show how they are falling and are desperately trying to save themselves from the fall
-idea of desperation

Question 4

“sharp, clear night”

Answer 4

-word choice
-easy to see, obvious,in plain sight
-there is no chance no one can see the incident happening

Question 5

“keep their eyes on the road”

Answer 5

-word choice
-ignoring, disregarding, avoid
-highlights the poems theme: society’s indifference
-Showing the lack of concern for the couple, ignoring what is happening