Hide and Seek Flashcards
Call out. Call loud
Throws the reader into the game
I’m ready! Come and find me!
Exclamation marks -> Excitement
sacks…smell like the seaside
Sibilance –> helps create the experience as well as the image of seaside
They’ll never find you
Internal dialogue in 2nd person –> Highlights the sense of isolation which is experienced when playing hide and seek
Adverb of “never” –> Great confidence despite the isolation and they see themselves as an expert
In this salty dark
Personification for the discomfort–> Negative diction increases the tension.
Wiser not to risk another shout.
Short sentence –> Mirrors stillness of how hiders have to be whilst playing the game
when they come prowling in
Seekers described as predatory –> Emphasises vulnerability
They…They’ll
Nameless –> Helps create a sinister tone and builds tension
heard…hushed
Alliteration –> Mirrors breathing hence, building an excited tension
Don’t breathe. Don’t move. Stay dumb. Hide in your blindness.
Imperative verbs –> Accentuates expertise in this game
Short sentences –> Further emphasise stillness
someone stumbles, mutters…scuffle
Assonance –> Repetition of “u” sounds reflects the struggle the seekers are experiencing whilst trying to find them.
Lines 16 and 17
Positive tone –> The poet believes they’ve really outwitted seekers and got seekers thinking about how clever they are
legs are stiff…cold bites through your coat…moves in your throat…
Personification –> Growing discomfort which builds excited tension
Garden watches…Hold their breath
Personification -> Sense of vulnerability as the environment is quite threatening to them as well as ominous feeling considering the bushes are also waiting for something bad to happen
who sought you?
Question mark at the end –> Highlights uncertainty which contrasts with the assured tone. This is unanswered which emphasises their loneliness at the end of the poem.
