Mother, Any Distance

Question 1

Who is the poem aimed at?

Answer 1

The narrator shows that is audience is his mother by using direct address

Question 2

How many stanzas is there?

Answer 2

3

Question 3

Techniques used in stanza 1

Answer 3

Asyndetic list of nouns, shows the amount that they have to do and is exaggerated by the nouns used

Question 4

Where is ambiguous language used in the poem

Answer 4

In stanza 2,’at the zero-end’ implies the start of life

Question 5

The contrast used in stanza 2…

Answer 5

‘Anchor.Kite’ is used to show the freedom through the ‘kite’ and the barriers through the ‘anchor’

Question 6

Metaphor used in stanza 3

Answer 6

‘Space-walk through the empty bedrooms’ shows the risks/rewards that the narrator needs to thing about and the responsibility they now have

Question 7

‘Your fingertips still pinch’ shows…

Answer 7

That the mother is still holding on to their child and desperation is symbolised

Question 8

Structural techniques used are…

Answer 8

~Caesura in the metaphor in stanza 2
~Short sentences in the metaphor
~Enjambment in stanza 1 on the second line shows a declarative tone