Post 2000s Flashcards
how is the opening stanza of Eat Me misleading?
presented as a birthday cake
what does the structure of Eat Me represent?
tercet structures - strict regime of the feeder?
What does Agbabi’s work focus on?
the idea of an ‘outsider’
what does East Me’s rhyme scheme mimic?
ABA
claustrophobia
what disruption to the structure of Eat Me makes the reader uncomfortable?
each stanza is end stopped, until the final stanza, which is end stopped twice.
what is the effect of the anaphora in Eat Me?
resentful tone, increased pace
what can Chainsaw be viewed as?
a metaphor for the Gulf War
what does the title of Chainsaw connotate?
an extreme response to a minor issue, gender power dynamics
“it seemed an unlikely match” - Chainsaw.
what are the connotations?
pre-determined outcome, fruitlessness
what does the irregular structure of Chainsaw connotate?
threat and unpredictability
what does the enjambment in Chainsaw connotate?
fluidity of destruction
what form does Lammas Hireling take?
dramatic monologue ballad
what is the Lammas Hireling?
a Christian festival, celebrating new beginnings where farmers go to the local village to hire new workers
what does the Lammas Hireling explore?
transgressions of the boundaries between real and fake, animal and human, guilty and innocence
what is the pronoun use in Lammas Hireling significant?
the theoretical relationship of “i” and “he”
what is the “elf-shot” and “half crowns” references in the Lammas Hireling?
elf shot - pain in a localised area due to elves shooting you
silver bullets
what is Giuseppe focussed around?
an extended metaphor for WWII, describes the lengths that people will go to justify dehumanisation
what is the symbolism of the mermaid in Giuseppe?
she is mostly human, but society views her as subhuman, as they did to groups like Jews, homosexuals, disabled and Traveller groups in society
what is significant about the pronouns in Giuseppe?
“it” - guilt and plays on consciousness, mirrors a tension between wanting to dehumanise her, but the moral implications
what is significant about the use of a mermaid in Giuseppe?
child-like
we are a product of our society, this thing of childish wonder has been perverted
what was significant about the response to the mermaid in Giuseppe?
all men
what is noticeable about the first stanza of the gun?
shaped like a gun
gets a response later in the poem
what narrator is used in the gun?
omniscient - feels like a warning from personal experience
“she bought her own; i never did” - Material
what is the effect of the caesura?
to draw a distinction between her and her mother
what is the effect of the enjambment in the Lammas Hireling?
rapid flow of speech
mimics readers’ confusion
what is the effect of the Lammas Hireling using differing sentence types and lengths?
tones of confusion
erratic narrator
The Lammas Hireling uses anaphora “and” frequently
what is the effect of this?
story-telling - fantasy and unrealistic
an the narrator be trusted?
what is the effect of the oxymoron “light from the dark lantern” in the Lammas Hireling?
metaphor - lack of clarity on the situation
what is the structure of Giuseppe?
free verse
tone of a confession
Giuseppe’s lack of rhythm and rhyme indicate what?
mimics spontaneous spoken speak, adds a personal tone that is removed from the title (“uncle Giuseppe”)
what is the effect of the enjambment in Giuseppe?
free flow of thought contrasted by caesura of reluctance of the confession
what is the context of the author of Material?
was a scholar of Christopher Marlowe - some believe him to be the author of Shakespeare’s plays, and links to the handkerchief in Othello and this poem
each stanza but the fifth in Material is end-stopped.
traditional social structure disrupted by the one example of enjambment
Out of the Bag follows which structure?
tercets except 1 1 line stanza. mimics broken thoughts, needs piecing together to be understood
what is significant about the section length in Out of the Bag?
childhood section is larger than the other 2, most significant impact
what is the allusion in Out of the Bag title?
lets the cat out of the bag - speaker is learning
how does Out of the Bag create flow?
free verse
lack of rhyme , enjambed
what context surrounds Giuseppe’s author?
he is on the autistic spectrum, so focuses a lot on the concept of outsiders
what is notable about the structure of an Easy Passage?
one long stanza, free verse - fluidity of the passage OR as a daunting block of text
how is the passage indicated in an Easy Passage?
the entire poem only having 5 sentences
what is the significance of the volta in the Easy Passage?
rhetorical question - innocence to experience
what is significant about Genetics’ rhyme scheme?
final word of each stanza rhymes with first word of the next
may be argued as forced bc of rep of some words - strained relationships between parents
what is the structure of Genetics?
enjambement - mimics freedom though a diary entry
dramatic monologue - speaker embodies a voice to speak to many
what is the significance of the rhyme scheme in Furthest Distances?
unclear then develops into a solid AABB scheme
what is the allusion made in the title in the title “on her blindness”?
Milton’s poem ; on his blindness, where he considers the implications of health decline
what is significant about the structure of on her blindness?
2 line stanzas. except the final stanza to exaggerate the death,
what does the lack of end-stopped sentences in on her blindness signify?
flow of memories after the death in the final stanza
what is the effect of the dark humour in on her blindness?
knowledge that mother is getting worse so has to search for positivity but illness is also taking over
what form does Effects take?
one long stanza - reader is overwhelmed
what is the effect of the use of punctuation in Effects?
adds a story-like quality
extensive use of punctuation
what is significant about the lack of consistent rhyme in Effects?
reader disorientation
mimics disorientation of mother / grief
what is significant about the final line of Effects?
cyclical - both start and end with hands
what is the significance of irregularity structure of a Minor Role?
irregularity of life
stanza length first seems uniform, but mimics the change of life
what is the effect of frequent caesura in a Minor Role?
interruptions in life, nothing is as ‘free’ as we think
what is the context of a Minor Role’s author?
worked as a secretary in a psychiatric hospital, inspired by patients’ “strong specialness”
how is the author of Please Hold’s work usually described?
satirical
what does the title infer of Please Hold?
a range of info bc its synonymous with phone calls with customer service
imperative implies sense of action
what is the structure of Please Hold?
one long stanza - endlessness
performance poem - modernist lack of “” shows irrelevance to spoken language
in Please Hold, what is shown by repetition?
fruitlessness, maze of dead ends
what is shown by the plosives in the final stanza in Please Hold?
removal of “please” speeds up pace, breakdown of speech and thoughts
OR mimics static
what is significant of the stanza for the Journal of a Disappointed Man?
regular stanza and line lengths - monotony of the job
11 quartets - “blocks” of text
what is the irony in the reference to a “mystic” in Journal of a Disappointed Man?
until now, the speaker implied the men are dumb, but now he refers to them as “one with god”
what is the inferences of the title “Look We Have Coming To Dover”?
Punglish - English and Indian blend
grammatically incorrect - deconstructs notions of Britishness
what is the effect of the alliteration with “Look…”
dizzying - overwhelming experience for the migrants?
what is the significant of rhyme scheme in Look..?
1/2 rhyme, blend of two, almost fitting in but not quite
what is the significance of the irregular lines in Look..?
movement of the sea
cycles of migration
what are the political references in Look..?
Tony Blair - controversial figure who decided not to enforce restrictions of large-scale migrations
“swarm” - David Cameron - migrants crossing the Mediterranean Sea as a “swarm”
what is the effect of the *** in Deliverer?
similar to receipt or announcement boards - dehumanising process
focus on distance
what is the effect of the lack of figurative language in the Deliverer?
raw truth and emotion, realistic, experience speaks for itself
what is the effect of the enjambed “to woman/ to woman” in the deliverer?
child is viewed as an unwanted commodity, increased sympathy
“trudge home for their men again” - the deliverer
what is the connotations of this final line?
unwillingness
trade and value in gender
cycle - reader should take action
doesn’t lay easy blame, but examines moral cultural pressures
simple sentence - shot life the girl will lead
what is the effect of the highly irregular structure of History?
unpredictable - anything can become history at any point
mimics confusion
why might History use some structure within the largely unstructured poem?
small sections of collected thoughts - gradual decay of understanding
why might History use a semantic field of fish?
diversity of human life tied together by a common factor
expendable - “many fish in the sea”
how does the structure of “ode on a gp urn” mimic Keats’?
5 10 line stanzas
“traditional” rigid structure links past and present
how does “urn of GP urn” subvert Keats’ poem?
Turnbull’s is much simpler
what is the effect of enjambment in “Ode on a GP Urn”?
inconsistent, and also end-stopped
unpredictable future
