Revelation Flashcards
“black bull”
Evil and it’s presence in the world
“that Black Mass”
Evil and it’s presence in the world
“I have always half-known he existed-/this antidote and Anti-Christ”
Evil and it’s presence in the world
“thorned hedge and harried nest”
Evil and it’s presence in the world
“And in the yard outside,/ oblivious hens picked their way about”
Childhood and loss of innocence
“At the threshold of his outhouse, someone/ held my hand”
Childhood and loss of innocence
“my pigtails thumping alien on my back in fear”
Childhood and loss of innocence
“At first only black/ and the hot reek of him. Then he was immense,/ his edges merging with the darkness”
Childhood and loss of innocence
“his anarchy/ threatening the eggs, well rounded, self-contained-/and the placidity of milk”
Male destructiveness versus female nurturing
“the big boys in the farm lane/ who pulled the wings from butterflies” versus “nest”
Male destructiveness versus female nurturing
“scared of the eggs shattering”
A sense of the girl speaker maturing: protecting fragile new life (represented by eggs) and the nurturing of new life (symbolised by milk)
“my small and shaking hand on the jug’s rim/ in case the milk should spill”
A sense of the girl speaker maturing: protecting fragile new life (represented by eggs) and the nurturing of new life (symbolised by milk)
