prelim Flashcards
“seeing your brother swallow a slug only to feel a skelf of shame
SIBILANCE of ‘s’ , shows that they are changing to their new lifestyle but still showing there scottish dialect.
“I remember my tongue shedding its skin like a snake”
Can now see the change in accent transitioning to english
“I lost a river, culture, speech, sense of first space”
List of things that have changed and left behind
“ where do you come from. Originally, and i hesistate”
It acknowledges that she has changed but still not sure where she belongs
“All childhood is an emigration”
Metaphor, shows change from one place to another just liek going from childhood to adolescence is a big change
“ followed my a line of kids, jumping and croaking”
Refers to change in voices and personality as time moves on
“Inky tadpoles changed from commas into exclamation marks”
change from childhood into adolescence and changing shape, part of growing up
“Rural england, home again”
change of scenery to the war torn countries they document
“I give you an onion”
change from your usual gift for a partner
“Not a red rose or a satin heart”
challenging the reader on what the expected by not using your typical conventional love gift
“It will blind you with tears”
indicates that relationships don’t always end up being good and ending badly
“ You ran through the gates impatient to be grown”
Contrast to the start of the poem where they loved being in class to now desperately wanting out
“A tangible alarm made you always untidy, hot, fractious
different to the start of the poem where the laugh of a bell brought everything to life
“ Brady and hindlay faded like a faint uneasy smudge”
The moors murders who killed 5 children, once they were in the class they felt safe from the bad world
“You asked her how you were born and Mrs Tilscher smiled”
she knows the answer but doesn’t to give an explanation as she is ready for the child to move on to the next phase of her life
