Poetry Flashcards
(For Ever)
Brackets, caps and enjambement to emphasise that their relationship is truly over
‘Leftover hash’
He doesn’t mean anything to her anymore and she just wants to get it over with
‘Cackling around the cauldron’
Alliteration
Links to Macbeth - Women are witches- heartless and cruel
Sinister tone
Makes us feel uncomfortable about their behaviour
‘Satisfied ‘
End to relationship
She’s been betrayed but happy about her revenge and gossip with her friends
‘Go hunting again’
Suggests they have done this multiple times
Women have the power in relationship
Will they ever be statasfied?
‘We take our shoes off’
The owner takes care and pride in her house, but also makes her guests feel uncomfortable
‘Glosses’
As she doesn’t approve of the relationship she just will skip over the topic and not talk about it
‘Queen bee’
Rival in dominant position
Connotations of danger
Repitition of ‘far’
Emphasises rivals dominance over her son
She dishes up her dreams for breakfast
Imagery
Shows how desperate the mother is to not loose her son
She wont
Give up
Rival will not give up
Enjambement emphasises each word - rival has upper hand
‘Fast and high’
Suggests relationship isn’t going well
‘The wrong way’
Suggests beggining of disagreement
Looking back, looking forwards
Juxtaposition
Yes today we’re in love aren’t we?
Rhetorical question
Suggests some days they are in love
‘Splintering’
Conn. Of breaking or splitting apart
No connoisseur can afford to be too scrumpulous
Just as bargain hunters must try hard to find a deal so to must people in relationships - put effort into making things work
They’re portable
Are they temporary?
In case they breakup - buying portable objects
Losing you and finding you
Imagery - literal and figurative
- growing doubt about their future and in market
Trap
Conn. Of stuck or fooled
And its packing up time
End of market and potential end of relationship
The raw cold gets colder
Relationship and communication getting worse
Unconscious
Shows how devious and underhand the mother-in-law is.
She will do anything to keep her son to herself
