Originally Flashcards
What does their old home represent in Originally?
Part of their identity, they’ve lost a lot including their identity
Key settings in Originally
Their home, where they have moved to
What does the place they’ve moved to represent in Originally?
Change, loss of certainty, loss of belonging
Key themes in Originally
- Change (change in identity of the speaker, where they belong changes)
- Loss (of certainty as to where the speaker belongs, loss of identity)
“Our own country”
Stanza 1
WORD CHOICE - “out own” shows posession and ownership, where the speaker lives is a part of them
“fell through”
Stanza 1
IMAGERY - falling shows panic and uncertainty, an unexpected change
“as the miles… didn’t live anymore”
Stanza 1
STRUCTURE - listing shows the amount they have lost, lost their entire livelihoods
“some are slow… know stays”
Stanza 2
STRUCTURE - long sentences that go into the next line show that change can be slow and longer than expected
“others are sudden”
Stanza 2
STRUCTURE - short sentences that stop quickly show that some change is immediate and abrupt
“I want our own country”
Stanza 2
STRUCTURE - of sentence with full stop shows they are starting to change,, and creates a barrier between LOSS of identity and CHANGE of identity
“skelf of shame”
Stanza 3
WORD CHOICE - uses scottish slang of skelf, meaning splinter, to show there is only a small amount of their old identity left, they have mostly fit into their new setting
“first space… right place”
Stanza 3
WORD CHOICE - space and place are similar words, blends their right place with chronological first space. Is where they come from really where they are at home?
“Originally? And I hesitate”
Stanza 3
STRUCTURE - hesitation next to originally, remnants of their old life in who they are
