Hide and Seek Flashcards
1
Q
Form?
A
Direct speech - allowing the reader to empathise with his predicament and perhaps reflect on their own childhood difficulties.
2
Q
Symbolism & Imagery
A
Rhyming couplets - anxiety - out - loud
Sibilance
Assonance - muttering, scuffling - emphasising of anxiety
Verbs - prowling - other children predatory - builds tension within the poem
Personification - ‘cold bites through your coat’
3
Q
Structure?
A
Free verse - one long stanza, narrator telling us his thoughts
