Mother any Distance And Before Youe Were Mine

Question 1

Mother any distance
Basics:
-Mother goes to help her son measure up his new house
-they hold both ends of the measuring tape as he gets further away
-the son walks up to the top of the house towards ‘endless sky’
Context:
-1 line more than a sonnet(traditionally about love)-like son , poem moves beyond itself and ‘outside’
-written in 1993:modern , informal style
-Armitage often writes about his personal experiences-autobiographical .
-because he lives in walks-uses lots of natural imagery to explore what he is writing about

Answer 1

What are the basics of MAD

what is the context of MAD

Question 2

Mother any distance

Key quotes:
Quote 1:’anchor kite’
1.metaphor=mum= anchor , holding kite(son) who wants to fly away
2.image:at the heart of the poem:its key message . Fragments : slow poem down
3.’kite’- needs anchor to fly away.without her , he may continue to be free or fall.
Quote 2:’your fingertips still pinch the last one -hundredth of an inch’
1. Metaphor- mum doesn’t want to let go
2.’you’-poem is addressed to the mum
3.’pinch’-suggests pain and intensity. Son is maybe annoyed by mum’s desperate holding on

Quote 3:’To fall or fly’
1.Natural imagery- bird imagery

2. Universal concept-children have to fall or fly
3. know if he’ll succeed without her security

Answer 2

What are the key quotes of mother any distance

What does the quote ‘anchor kite ‘ show

What does the quote ‘your fingertips still pinch the last one -hundredth of an inch ‘

What does the quote ‘to fall or fly’ show

Question 3

Mother any distance
Structure:
-son becomes more distant throughout poem. Ending is uncertain lots of pauses slow , reflective

Answer 3

What is the structure of mother any distance ?

Question 4

Before you were mine

Basics:

• narrator imagines what her mum was like before she was born(maybe from a photo)
• she imagines her laughing , dancing being out with friends being care-free before her child entered her life

Context:

Answer 4

What are the basics for BYWM

What is the context for BYWM

Question 5

Before you were mine

Key quotes:
Quote 1:’fizzy movie Tomorrows’
1.metaphor-suggests mum’s future was a bright , glamorous , exciting as a young girl
2.’fizzy’-connotations of things being bubbly , rising up -but eventually it will settle
3.’movie’-makes it sound like she’s watching the mum.films-exciting, glamorous

Quote 2:’ my loud , possessive yell’
1.children are possessive/no freedom for parent

2. 1st person:child wants mum all to herself
3. ‘yell’-shows baby is shouting/aggressive/loud
4. shows how the baby has taken control of the mums life -baby is so demanding

Quote 3:’high-heeled shoes, relics’

1.sacred religious objects from the past

Answer 5

What are the key quotes of BYWM
what does the quote ‘fizzy movie Tommorow as’ show
What does the quote ‘my loud possessive yell’ show
What does the quote ‘high-heeled shoes’ show