McCaig poems Flashcards
What’s the rhythmic technique in basking shark?
Tercet
What’s the rhythmic technique in Aunt Julia?
Free verse
What tone does Aunt Julia get left on
A regretful tone
What links the end of stanza 1 to the first line of stanza 2 in basking shark?
The use of “too often”
What quote indicates that Aunt Julia was unique
“Her’s was the only house”
In basking shark stanza 1 what does the poet feel?
Frightened
What word reflects the fact that Aunt Julia wasn’t ready to die
Silenced
What is the chicken/bird technique used in Aunt Julia?
Extended metaphor
What are the techniques used in the quote “the tall fin slid away and then the tail”
Assonance and visual imagery (yacht)
What is assonance
Assonance occurs in repeating similar or the same vowel sounds (tall & tail, fin & slid)
What does the quote “hands on backwards” suggest? (Assisi)
suggests the physical ugliness of the dwarf. This is a striking initial image. It’s a pathetic idea of someone deformed/unusual
What techniques are used in the quote “sat slumped”
Alliteration and onomatopoeia
What do you need to include in an analysis question?
Connotations and denotations
What do you need to do in an imagery question?
Think about it means and what it does in the context
Sentence structure
Punctuation - explain what the punctuation makes you contemplate.
