Living Space Flashcards
1
Q
“There are just not enough straight lines”
A
- Initiates conversational tone, as if something to remember (problem taken on by society)
- ‘Straight lines’ metaphor representing fragility of life
2
Q
“Clutch open seams…Beams balance crookedly”
A
- Plosive ‘b’ adds to rough nature of their homes
- ‘clutch’ along alliterative phrase, precarious balance, indicative of dangerous position of inhabitants
- Alliteration ties phrases together, enjambment tears, creating major instability adding tension
3
Q
“Leans dangerously towards the miraculous”
A
- Juxtaposition, ‘dangerously’ – ‘miraculous’ suggest as a result of faith in divine gods, inhabitants able to overcome the challenges
- Introduces her own emotions, emitting ‘opitmism’ perhaps even admiration
4
Q
“Dared to place these eggs in a wire basket”
A
- Alludes to vulnerability – people shown through delicate symbolism of shells
- ‘dared’ illustrates people’s deep courage to overcome conditions threatening their faith, hope and ‘light’
- Powerful connotations of fragility, maybe embryonic stages of life establishing sense of hope
- ‘wire basket’ imprisoned - resembles gutter
