Latest Face Flashcards
‘precious _________’
vagrant
What does ‘vagrant’ mean?
Vagrant - homeless person. The speaker describes the woman as being a ‘precious vagrant’
What technique is used in the phrase ‘precious vagrant’?
Oxymoron
‘Your great arrival at my _______’
Eyes
‘yet to move/Into real _______ air/Brings no lasting attributive’
untidy
What does the metaphor ‘untidy air’ suggest about relationships?
They are confusing and impure
‘Bargains, suffering and _______’
love
What technique is used here: ‘Bargains, suffering and love’
Listing
What does the listing ‘Bargains, suffering and love’ suggest about relationships?
They inevitably come with compromise and pain - love is placed at the end of this list, suggesting that is becomes secondary to these negative qualities
‘_______ grow dark around us’
Lies
What technique is used here: ‘lies grow dark around us’
Personification
Why does the speaker refer to the woman as a statue - ‘will/The statue of your beauty walk?’
He objectifies her as something beautiful to be admired (but also worries about her leaving)
What word (beginning with v) describes how the speaker is presented? e.g. ‘your great arrival at my eyes’
voyeur/voyeuristic
Which verb is used to show how the speaker sees himself as awkward and clumsy?
Wade - ‘must I wade behind it’
