Piano Flashcards
‘Softly…Dusk…Singing’
Sibilance creates softness to emphasise the care if the mother
‘Taking me back down the vista of years, till I see’
Shows the power of music as the driving force making him relive good childhood memories. The enjambement emphasises him slipping into these memories.
‘Poised feet of a mother who smiles as she sings’
The mother is described as graceful, emphasised by the sibilance
‘Tinkling piano our guide’
Onomatopoeia suggests a gentle and simple life
‘I weep like a child’
Simile emphasises the loss of masculinity and how he is still childish
‘Past’
Shows the poet’s desire for the sense of security that he felt as a child
‘Sunday evenings’
Suggests family and safety that the poet associates with the music
‘Hymns in the cosy parlour’
Suggest security and family, as well as a time of celebration and joy
