Shooting Stare Quotes Flashcards
After I no longer speak, they break our fingers to salvage my wedding ring
This dramatic monologue makes the poem more intimate
“No longer speak” is a euphemism for death
“Salvage” suggests the mercenary nature
Rachael Rebecca Ruth … Aaron Emmanuel David
Emphasises the large number of people killed in the Holocaust.
Enjambement (continuation of a sentence without punctuation) emphasises the endless number of people killed
It is a syndetic list creates a sense of just to name everyone, interminable
Upright like statues
Simile for emotionless or brave. Makes them important figures or a memory. Shows courage.
You waited for the bullet. Fell.
Caesura and short sentence emphasises how sudden the death is.
I say remember
Remember these appalling days
Forever bad
Repetition of remember emphasises that we should never forget
Capitalisation emphasises that this is something we can’t recover from
If we don’t remember we will be deemed forever bad
Loosened his belt in a ragged game of fear
Spoonerism gagged rape
It emphasises the brutality and the way the Nazis dehumanise people
Through the gap of corpses I see a child
They shot her in the eye
Emphasises the number of bodies and dead people.
Eye opening as we see children lived through these atrocities as well
The short sentence emphasises the brevity of life and their indifference to her.
How would you prepare to die on a perfect April evening
Juxtaposition
Ironic as it shows the hope for a rebirth
An image used to create a perfect scene which contrasts the hellish nature of a concentration camp
Click. Not yet. A trick
Creates a tense atmosphere, staccato.
Sound of an empty chamber
Emphasises the mental torture Jews had to go through
Internal rhyme draws attention to the sound of a gun
Repetition of “After”
Emphasises the continuous horror Jews were put through
After the history lesson children run to their toys
Outlines our tendency to forget
Goes to their toys like nothing has happened, proves that we don’t want to think or relive what atrocities happened
After immense suffering, someone takes tea on the lawn
Juxtaposition
Civilised and relaxed, indifferent to the suffering happening,
Outlines the levels of pain
Contrast from a relaxed tea to people being slaughtered
Strong men wept
It is so gruelling that even the largest of people can’t cope
Turn thee unto me with mercy for I am desolate and lost
Allusion to the 25th psalm which demonstrates that yiu can’t be forgiven until you forgive everyone else
Holding onto their religion even though their lives are being destroyed and after the atrocities that have occurred.
