Mother, any Distance Flashcards
The poem is describing the speaker’s…of how his mother helped him…for furnishing his new house.
Memory/take measurements
M the metaphor “Anchor” keeps a boat…which is how he feels about his mum.
Secure
The metaphor “Kite” - he is flying, while she…hint of him trying to…as the mother can be interpreted as her being too possessive.
Keeps hold of him on the ground/get away
The structure - …form may reflect the loving and….relationship between the mother and the son
Sonnet/supportive
The poem starts as a…but gradually dissolves into free verse, without…
Formal sonnet/rhyme
And without uneven….which portrays the speakers…towards independence and…
Line length/movement/freedom
The tone is…towards his mother, there is also a sense of uncertainty but…about future opportunities.
Affectionate/excitement
Themes are g..u.., parent and child relationship, sense of…and in…/fr..
Growing up/place/independence and freedom
The quote “fall or…” represents how the boy is now reaching…,where it is time for him to make his own decisions.
Fly/adulthood
The “breaking point” can be interpreted as being extended beyond the situation of the measuring tape to mean a…in their relationship, picking up the idea of him…while she is clinging on.
Breaking point/trying to strain away
The whole poem is an…for the speakers…with his mother
Relationship
This poem can be compared to…, bywm and…
Follower/Walking Away
Contextually this poem is based on Armitages own experiences with… lose to home after he left…
Moving into a property/university
The poem is a commentary of how moving away is…but also…. As well as it illustrating how parents find it difficult to…
Exciting/scary/let their child be independent
Reader response is that we feel sorry for the speaker and the mother as the mother is finding it difficult to…but the speaker needs that in order to…
Let him go/be independent
