Poem Quotes

Question 1

It was an act of stealth and troubled pleasure

Answer 1

Oxymoron shows the thrill of doing something wrong

Question 2

I fixed my view upon the summit of a craggy ridge

Answer 2

Metaphor emphasises his desire for independence

Question 3

The grim shaped towered between me and the stars

Answer 3

Metaphor shows fear of unknown obstacles in life

Question 4

Like a living thing,strode after me. With trembling oars I turned.

Answer 4

Personifying his fear of independence, he feels like nature is chasing him

Question 5

The tight red rope which we both fought over

Answer 5

Colour imagery shows love and conflict. Umbilical coed represents the bond. Emphasises the struggle of relationship

Question 6

I wrote all over the walls with my words

Answer 6

Metaphor shows pain of childbirth, suggests future relationship is full of conflict

Question 7

We want, we shouted, to be two, to be ourselves

Answer 7

Repetition emphasises they have conflict because they are similar

Question 8

Defiant glare, bringing up. From the hearts pool that old rope

Answer 8

Metaphor suggests beneath all the conflict there is still love

Question 9

Tightening about my life, trailing love and conflict, as you ask may you skate, in the dark, for one more hour

Answer 9

Alliteration emphasises restriction of relationship. Love image shows girls desire to have independence. Restriction, lack of freedom. Juxtaposition shows complexity or child parent relationship