Living Space Flashcards
“not enough straight lines”
Enjambement between lines, represents the building, houses run together, angles, mathematical vocab, architecture, metaphor for their lives - nothing is straight forward
“Nails clutch”
Trying to hold on to a better life
“Into this rough frame, someone has squeezed a living space”
Second stanza squeezed in, links to poem, small, repetition of title
“eggs in a wire basket”
Fragility, represents the people (easy to break), symbol of new life (children)
“white” “dark edge”
White=peace, purity, hope, light, positive connotations. Dark=everything is dark, juxtaposition. There is a glimpse of hope
“slanted universe”
Links to the structure of the building
“thin walls of faith”
Can be easily broken, fragile, losing faith in religion
Compare to?
London
