Paul Durcan Flashcards
Quote that shows the theme love in Nessa
“I’d have lain in the grass with her all my life/With Nessa
Quote that shows metaphors in Nessa
“And that was a whirlpool, that was a whirlpool and I very nearly drowned”
Quote that shows change in Nessa
”..And for me let your red hair down”
Alliteration in The diificulty that is marriage
“We disagree me to disagree, we divide, we differ”
Metaphor/Simile in the difficulty that is marriage
Describes his thoughts as “a mosaic of question marks” on the ceiling.
Influence in the difficulty that is marriage
“I have troubles and I shall always have them
But I should rather live with you for ever
Than exchange my troubles for a changeless kingdom”
Impressment in The difficulty that is marriage.
“How was it I was so lucky to have ever met you?”
Sad/morbid tone - sport
“There were not many fields in which you had hopes for me”
Affect of father - sport
“I was a patient in B wing”
Tone of fear - sport
“I was fearful I would let you down”
Shift in tone that shows pressure to impress his father” - affect
Influential tone - sport
“Four spectacular goals”
“It was my knowing that you were standing there on the sideline that gave me the necessary motivation”
Disappointing tone - sport
“Seldom if ever again in your eyes was I to rise to these heights”
Impressed - Father’s Day, 21 June 1992
“When she was sitting pregnant on the settee it snapped shut with herself inside it, but not a bother on her, I nearly died.”
Affect - Father’s Day 21st June 1992
“All our daughters grown up and gone away”
- daughters have affected him because they are no longer holding the marriage together”
