Mother Any Distance Flashcards

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Title

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Direct address- still his mums, poem for the mother
Comma for connection between them yet also apart
Distance= measurement, juxtaposed with their love as immeasurable
Any= amplifies extent of love

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LANG LANG LANGGG

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Met
Anchor. Kite.
To fall or fly
You at the zero end, me with a spool of tape
Reporting metres, centimetres back to base
I reach/ towards a hatch that opens on an endless sky

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Structuarrr

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Half line:
To breaking point, where something/has to give;……………….
Caesura
The last one hundredth of an inch… I reach

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Form

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Sonnet: instability of sun with 2 QUATRAINS and sestet but extra short line at end symbolises he loves his mum eternally (but also moment of insecurity sticking out from rest)
Rhyme aabb struct, Reg rhyme first 2 stanza then disintegrates and rhyme is irregular
Reflects insecurity and potential fear of relationship to change - fall of fly?

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