Love After Love (Derek Walcott) Flashcards
What methods does Derek Walcott use to advocate for the idea for self- love?
Direct address (‘you’)
Enjanment
Imperative
Religious imagery
Caesura
Why did Walcott use direct address to advocate of self- love?
To make self- love more personal to the reader. This is the reader will realise that self- love is something only they can do for themselves.
Derek Walcott quotations (context)
‘the process of poetry is one of excavation and self- discovery’
Derek Walcott context
His poems were a popular choice for self- help groups and workshop leaders who use it to help facilitate positive change in those who have lost self- esteem and confidence.
How does his poem being used in therapy sessions demonstrate his advocation for self- love?
It proves that he genuinely cares about self- love, so much so that his poems are used to make people with depression try and love themselves, and stop changing who they are for other people and in turn, end up hating themselves.
How does his use of enjanment help convey his point of how important self- love is?
The fact that there’s not enough space in the previous paragraph to convey his entire point proves that he really cares about self- love, and that he needs to use to use another paragraph to finish his point.
How does religious imagery help convey how important self- love is?
He’s trying to prove to the reader that it’s so important that God will assist them in their journey to discover self- love.
How does Walcott’s use of the imperative to make his point of the importance of self- love easier to understand?
It’s a direct command so the reader feels like they have to do it.
