Postcard from a Travel Snob - Sophie Hannah

Question 1

‘I do not wish that anyone was here’

Answer 1

begins with ironic reference to common saying wish you were here on postcards

Question 2

‘drunken tourist types - perish the thought’

Answer 2

• juxtaposition
• package holiday vs travel snobs destination

Question 3

dashes

Answer 3

• ‘untouched by man-‘
• ‘sea-side-town-consumers-hell’
• suggest casual additional thoughts
• conversational tone

Question 4

‘wine connoisseurs, not drunks’

Answer 4

• juxtaposition
• gives speaker a superior tone

Question 5

‘There’s not a guest house or hotel’

Answer 5

enjambment reinforces impressions of space and remoteness that the poet is trying to convey