Set Text, Trio

Question 1

What is the theme?

Answer 1

-impact of religion, positive human spirit, love can replace religion
-observation of humanity and humans ability to use friendship to survive trials and tribulations
-Human life and love are special and being saved without religion

Question 2

“coming up”

Answer 2

-Word Choice
-Present tense, snapshot of daily, immediate, now, its happening
-Uses realistic details to bring life to the poem

Question 3

“quickly”

Answer 3

-Word Choice
-energy, movement, sense of urgency, fast, vitality, liveliness, life

Question 4

“sharp”

Answer 4

-Word choice
-crisp, clear, brisk, biting cold
-suggests darkness contrasting with the positive atmosphere of the poem
-Setting up the idea that happiness can be found in unlikely, unexpected, unusual places

Question 5

“young man…young man carries…young baby”

Answer 5

-word choice/sentence structure
-full of life, innocence potential, opportunity
-repetition of young emphasises this

Question 6

“under the Christmas lights”

Answer 6

-Word choice
-under gives the sense of protection/being watched over by something and conveys the season and time, time of brightness and joy

Question 7

“carries”

Answer 7

-Word choice
-suggests support, security, closeness, comfort and care, being looked after

Question 8

“their breath rises in a cloud of happiness”

Answer 8

-imagery, metaphor
-suggests joy and togetherness, their laughter is contagious and spreading out
-enveloping them in cheerfulness and joy
-their breath, suggests they are filled with this joy it is part of them

Question 9

“rises”

Answer 9

-word choice
-uplifting, positive, brighten up, happy, joy

Question 10

“Wait till he sees this but!”

Answer 10

-sentence structure
-helps to show the setting, a sample/use of dialect, Set in Glasgow
-Adds to realism and emphasises on the everyday nature

Question 11

“The chihuahua has a tiny Royal Stewart coat like a teapot-holder”

Answer 11

-imagery, simile
-idea of warm, cosy, domestic, wrapped and protected, keeping in warmth, homely, secure, sense of comfort
-also could represent the animals gathered around Jesus in the manger

Question 12

“white shawl”

Answer 12

-word choice
-pure, innocence, cleanliness, not marked

Question 13

“bright eyes”

Answer 13

-word choice
-happy, bright filled with wonder, hope, alert, awake and filled with wonder and aspiration for the world

Question 14

“like favours in a sweet cake”

Answer 14

-imagery, simile
-idea of a hidden treat of surprise, Christmas cake/cake in general is shared with love
-The 3 people are a nice surprise to Morgan

Question 15

“swells out”

Answer 15

-word choice
-Taking up space suggests the level of pride and importance, standing up proper full of pride,
-As if the guitar is saying “what a wonderful gift I am”
-transferred epithet, what the person is feeling transferred into an inanimate thing

Question 16

“silver tinsel tape”

Answer 16

-word choice
-specialty and importance. The care of the gift and how precious it is

Question 17

“brisk sprig of mistletoe”

Answer 17

-imagery, personification
-full of movement and life, link to Christmas and love

Question 18

“orphean sprig…chihuahua”

Answer 18

-sentence structure, list of minor sentences with exclamation marks
-suggests he is shouting and exclaiming of joy
-emphasising the strength of his feelings

Question 19

“the vale of tears”

Answer 19

-word choice
-reference to a story in the bible, earth with its suffering hardships and difficulties

Question 20

“powerless”

Answer 20

-word choice
-all the suffering, trials and tribulations are defeated by the power of their friendship.
-Their joy defeats all the bad things in the world

Question 21

“fate, it abdicates”

Answer 21

-imagery, personification
-describing what fate will do , fate steps down/resigns and doesn’t have control over their friendship
-they can defeat and conquer

Question 22

“monsters of the year go blank, are scattered back, can’t bear”

Answer 22

-imagery, metaphor
- represents all the hardships and struggles of the year are wiped away
-the monsters cannot fight the trios love and happiness
-can’t withstand or with stand it

Question 23

“march of three”

Answer 23

-word choice
-element of power, being control, military element, suggesting their strength

Question 24

start of parenthesis and end of parenthesis “-the young…of three-“

Answer 24

-Sentence structure, parenthesis
-with in the parenthesis of is the imaginings of their lives and their positive vibe and joy these 3 bring
-in cases the the trio and surround their joy, is special and should be protected
-the start and close of the parenthesis represent the the encounter starting and ending

Question 25

“(yet not…a guard)”

Answer 25

-sentence structure, brackets
-adding to Morgan’s reflection on what the 3 people mean to Morgan, additional information

Question 26

“yet not vanished”

Answer 26

-word choice
-example of contrast, long lasting impact on Morgan even if they are gone

Question 27

“men, and beasts, and music”

Answer 27

-sentence structure, list
-the idea 3 people represent everything in the world

Question 28

“laughter ringing them round like a guard”

Answer 28

-imagery, simile
-they are protected by their laughter, their joy keeps them secure
-duality of meaning both the sound it makes, the joy protecting them and encircling them