Punishment Flashcards
What was the poem ‘punishment’ based on?
‘The troubles’ conflict
Why does the narrator start off the poem with ‘I’?
He wants us to feel sorry for the nameless ‘her’ and therefore, this highlights the violence and brutality of her death
What does the half rhyme of ‘rigging’ and ‘ribs’ highlight?
The fragility of the girl in contrast with the violence of her death
What does the word ‘bog; symbolise?
the continued inhumanity, brutality and killing of the innocent girl
Which line shows us the narrators response to their love?
‘i am the artful voyeur
‘her noose a ring’
What could this suggest?
The entrapment of married life, which the girl was condemned to
Name two ways that vulnerabilty is shown
- though the use of exposure to the wind in the first stanza ‘wind on her naked front’
- through reference to a ships system for support in the second stanza ‘frail rigging of her ribs
‘like a stubble of black corn’
What does this simile encourage?
sympathy for the girl
Civilised outrage is an ….
oxymoron
