medallion Flashcards
1
Q
bronze snake lay in the sun
A
bronze - richness of life
sun - symbolic of life, new start
opening tercet like Romantic poem
2
Q
dead
A
sudden perversion of Romantic form
may shock reader
3
Q
over my hand I hung him
A
hung - inspecting
confessional - first use of 1st person, plath’s fascination w/ death, temptation of it how she’s drawn in
4
Q
orange vermillion
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colour imagery
beauty of nature juxtaposed w/ deadness of snake
5
Q
maggots
mouse
A
cycle of life
animals dispensable, insig.
epitome of death
6
Q
yardmens flung brick
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onomatopoeic verb - finality of death, effortless it is to kill defenceless animals
7
Q
no pun. in opening
A
Romantic, enjambment free flowing beauty of nature
8
Q
lots of punc. and caesura
A
finality of death
