poems Flashcards
Climbing my grandfather
“I decide to do it free, without a rope or net.”
This implies that the grandfather will catch him if he falls, this also suggest that the speaker is comfortable around their Grandfather.
This suggest there is an element of danger and excitement when the speaker is with the grandfather
First person provides a more personal tone.
Climbing my grandfather
“Finger is Smooth and Thick like warm ice.”
Oxymoron implies that the Grandad life is never the same, and also has a danger element.
The child like simile shows affection for Grandfather
When we two parted
- “In silence and tears”
- “half broken hearted”
- ” long, long shall i rue thee, too deeply to tell”
Love’s philosphy quotes
“see the mountains kiss the high heaven and the waves clasp one another” -personification
Porphyria’s lover
“that moment she was mine, mine” -emphaise the word MINE
Neutral Tones
“the smile on your face was the deadest thing” -oxymoron
Letters from Yorkshire
” he saw the first lapwings return” -sign of spring
The Farmer’s Bride
“shiver and a scare We caught her” -treating her like a animal.
“i’ve hardly heard her speak at all” -contrast to singh song
Walking Away
“like a satellite wrenched from its orbit” -violent imagery and a simily
“you walking away from me” -directly talking to his son this shows that its personal
Eden Rock
“they beckon to me from the other bank” -dying or close to it?
Follower
“his shoulders globed” -metaphor for strength and power.
“i was a nuisance, tripping, falling, yapping always. But today it is my father who is stumbling behind me, and will not go away.” -father telling him he’s all this
Mother any distance
“to fall or fly”
Before you were mine
The decade before my loud, possessive yell was the best one, eh?
Winter Swans
“gulping for breath”-burst of strong emotion that shows their relationship at this point
Singh Song
“my bride
she hav a red crew cut
and she wear a tartan sari
a donkey jacket and some pumps” - nontraditional a bride
