Skirrid Hill 🏔️ Flashcards
What are the key themes and Skirrid Hill?
Identity love divorce separation intimacy loss
What are the themes in Farther?
Father and son relationship, family identity nature separation
What kind of device context and analysis is in “with every step apart, I’m another closer to you” ? (Farther)
Analysis: Juxtaposition of “apart” and “closer” shows the paradox of emotional connection through physical distance.
Context: Sheers’ real-life relationship with his father; the literal walk becomes a metaphor for generational gaps.
AO2/AO3: Symbolism + personal context of reconciliation and heritage.
What kind of device context and analysis is in “that grey-blue / in the eye of the sky” 🌌 (Farther)
Analysis: Metaphor for uncertainty and the future; the son is gazing into the unknown.
Context: Nature mirrors emotional ambiguity between father and son.
AO2: Use of visual imagery to reflect mood
What is the analysis contact in AO’s for “the Skirrid / rising to smoke in the afternoon light” 💡? - Farther
Analysis: The hill as a liminal, almost sacred space; ‘smoke’ connotes memory and fragility.
Context: Title poem’s reference; links to themes of fragmentation and transition.
AO3: Links personal identity to Welsh landscape.
What are the four themes in keyways?
Broken relationships, intimacy, incompatibility
What is the analytical context of “the keyways of our bodies” from keyways?
Analysis: Sexual and mechanical metaphor; once fitting, now misaligned.
Context: A relationship breaking down over time; physical connection lost.
AO2: Extended metaphor.
What is the analytical context in “I tried each piece against your lock” 🔒 from Keyways?
Analysis: Suggests desperation and the futility of forcing emotional closeness.
Context: Emphasis on mismatched love or timing. ⏱️
AO2: Concrete imagery to depict emotional truths.
the jigsawed skeleton of a house” - keyways
Analysis: Evokes incompleteness and disintegration; the idea of ‘home’ no longer whole.
Context: Collapse of shared space/safety of the relationship.
AO2/AO3: Symbolism of domestic breakdown.
What are the four themes in Winter swans 🦢?
Conflict, reconciliation love and nature
What is the analysis of “the clouds have given their all” in winter swans 🦢?
Analysis: Pathetic fallacy—stormy weather mirrors emotional tension.
Context: Post-argument silence between lovers.
AO2: Symbolism in weather as emotional metaphor.
How can we analyse - “They mate for life” from winter swans?
Analysis: Direct speech; symbolic reassurance about enduring love.
Context: Turning point of poem; quiet optimism.
AO2/AO1: Dialogue reveals intimacy.
“like a pair of wings 🪽 settling after flight “✈️- winter swans 🦢
Analysis: Symbol of reconciliation—joined hands mirror the swans.
Context: The natural world inspires renewed unity.
AO2: Simile reflects restored balance.
What are the three 3️⃣ themes from the Mametz Wood 🪵?
War memory loss the past preserved in landscape
Analyse the Earth standing sentinel
Analysis: Personification—nature guards the forgotten dead.
Context: WWI Battle of Mametz Wood, heavy Welsh casualties.
AO3: Historical reference; nature as moral witness.
Analyse “a broken birds egg 🪺 for a skull” 💀
Analysis: Juxtaposition of fragility and horror; life interrupted.
Context: Soldiers’ remains being uncovered decades later.
AO2: Vivid imagery, metaphor for innocence.
20 men buried at one long grave - analysis 🧐? (Mametz wood 🪵)
Shocking bluntness and anonymity in death
context - Sheers criticism of unforgotten sacrifice
Commentary of brutality and erasure
of war
What are the three themes of show?
Performance of love, voyeurism, vulnerability
Analyse “your eyes on me / as I move” - show
- Highlights awareness of being observed; sensual tension.
Context: Performance as metaphor for intimacy.
AO2: Enjambment enhances flow and movement.
“the spell, the artful hocus-pocus” - show
What is love seen as?
what is their attention between?
What is it a metaphor for?
Analysis: Love as illusion or enchantment; artificial vs. real.
Context: The tension between desire and deception.
AO2: Metaphor for romantic performance.
“your breasts / an unexpected gift” - so what does it show element of?
Analysis: Element of surprise and vulnerability; respectful sensuality.
Context: Celebration of the partner’s physicality as deeply personal.
AO2: Concrete imagery and tone of reverence.
What are the themes in the night windows 🪟?
💞 Intimacy, 🧬 Gender Dynamics, 🪟 Voyeurism
“your body slick and valleyed” - night windows analysis
Analysis: Sensual imagery emphasizing the female form; ‘valleyed’ suggests depth and mystery.
Context: Highlights the speaker’s admiration and objectification, reflecting on the complexities of desire.
AO2: Use of tactile and topographical metaphors to convey intimacy.
“the slow pulse of your breathing”
😮💨 - what does this affect from night windows?🪟
Analysis: Auditory imagery conveying intimacy and the quietness of the moment.
Context: Reflects the speaker’s deep emotional connection and attentiveness.
AO2: Use of rhythm and sound to mirror the calmness and depth of feeling.
