Remains Flashcards

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“the merciless iced winds that knife us”

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  • personification (merciless winds, winds are fighting/destroying the men), sibilance (movement of nature), enjambment
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“the mad gusts tugging on the wire”

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  • personification (anger of the wind and nature), “tugging” verb (force of nature on the men)
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“but nothing happens”

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repetition - waiting for war to begin, the war with nature has already begun

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Context

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war against nature

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Form

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Narrative - story of men in war against nature

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