Poem At Thirty-Nine Flashcards
Meaning
Explores the loss of narrators father, and things that she does because of him
Structure
Free verse + irregular line length
Enjambment
Syntax line 6/7
Volta
Monosyllabic lines
Listing at the end
Free verse+irregular line length
-free flow of thought, memories and train of thought, stream of consciousness
Enjambment
-sudden cuts in lines, suggests a struggle to speak
-enjambment moulds present and memories together
Syntax line 6/7
-writing deposite slips and checks// I think of him
-while she does or he does, possibly suggests a blur between him and her
Volta n
Shift from dull seeming and possibly violent father, to one who seems happy and that knows how to enjoy life
Monosyllabic lines
Suggest simple feelings
Imagery
Cooking oxymoronic simile
Staring into the fire
Listing at the end of
‘Tossing’
Cooking oxymoronic simile
-dancing has its own line emphasising it
-juxtaposition of dancing and meditation, suggest he was a deep, emotional yet careful person
Staring into the fire
-something people do whilst remembering, possibly she through of this poem during her time staring into the fire
Asyndetic listing
-creates the image of a self dependent woman, she is a feminist who believes in the empowerment of women through their achievements
Tossing
Creates image of a care free attitude
Language
Juxtaposition of born and tired
Internal rhyme
Refrain
Dental Alliteration
Euphemism
Metaphor
Semantic field of free things
Juxtaposition of tried and born
-when he was already tired, she was just born,
-old and new,
-slightly foreboding
Internal rhyme
Look and cook
-feels unified,
-sense of rhythm and happiness in her life, she isn’t lost
