Half-Past Two Flashcards

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Once upon a schooltime

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Evokes fairytales –> juxtaposes the fantasy of a fairytale with the harshness of school

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He did Something Very Wrong

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Capitalisation –> Lack of understanding or authority

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And She

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Capitalisation of S –> Importance and implies she’s portrayed as god-like

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gettinguptime, timeyouwereofftime, timetogohometime, TVtime

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Listing –> Poet feels security in his routine

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timeformykisstime (that was Grantime).

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Indicates the fact that he has a loving family

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Little eyes…long legs for walking…its language

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Personification –> Emphasises the innocence

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he’d escaped for ever

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Shows solace (comfort) from an adult perspective with a nostalgic tone –> Triumphant tone also indicates how he’s escaped the confinements of the teacher’s punishment

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Into the…
Into the…
Into the…

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Anaphora –> highlights the timeless void

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air outside the window

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Highlights the image of freedom

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run along or you’ll be late

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Poet returns to a conventional time with a dismissive tone

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So she slotted

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Sibilance –> Heightens she’s objectified

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Clockless land…tick-less

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Metaphor –> Freedom of childhood

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What does stanza 1 show specifically?

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The simple language and sentence structure shows how a boy would speak or think

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How is the poem written? Why?

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Written in 11 tercets with irregular line lengths and in free verse which emphasises his inability to measure time and how, to him, memories are non-numeric

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Themes of?

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Childhood, Memory, Punishment

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