Piano Flashcards

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Softly, in the dusk,

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Gentle atmosphere + Natural light dims which creates intimate setting

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Taking me back down

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Power of song –> Instantly transported to a memory

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Vista of years

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Imagery –> The author has beautiful memories of childhood

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in the boom of the tingling strings

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Onomatopoeia + contrast with gentle sounds of the piano –> Emphasises how real the memories are

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poised feet of a mother

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Verb –> The mother is grateful –> Links to author’s childhood

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Heart of me weeps

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Personification –> Emphasises the great sadness

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winter outside…cosy parlour

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Contrast to cosy parlour –> emphasises security and comfort the family provides and the word “cosy” creates a sense of warmth

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Hymns

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Wholesome imagery –> The family is religious

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Black piano appasionato

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Plosives –> The hammering of strings mirrors his emotions

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Flood of remembrance

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Figurative Language –> Highlights the power of memory and the power of song as it brings back the memories

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I weep like a child

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Simile –> Shows lack of masculinity

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Line 4?

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Sibilance all throughout creates a soothing tone

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Enjambment throughout the poem indicates what?

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Represents the flood of memory and how he’s back to reality

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Poem is written in what meter?

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Trochaic meter which indicates he is longing to return

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Themes of?

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Childhood, memories, family

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16
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Written from who’s perspective?

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Written in 3rd person from the author’s perspective

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What is his current emotional state?

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Nostalgia

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What is the piano representative of?

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His strong relationship with his mother

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What type of structure is Piano written in?

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A controlled structure consisting of 3 quatrains which juxtaposes the writer’s present experience in childhood as it evokes the shape of a hymn

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What do the rhyming couplets throughout the poem represent?

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They are reminiscent of the “hymns” and helps create the poem’s musicality