Stewart Island - Fleur Adcock Flashcards
1
Q
Poems to compare to
A
- Nothing’s changed
- Home thoughts from abroad
- London
2
Q
context
A
- popular holiday destination
-Born in New Zealand but lives in England - adds dark twists
3
Q
enjambment
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reflects that the poems a frustrated outburst
4
Q
lines 1-9
A
- negative tone
- frustrated
- voice does not understand appeal of this holiday destination
5
Q
‘Maori fishermen with Scottish names (she ran off with one that autumn)’
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- paints island as lacking in morals
- affair of the wife makes her opinion hard to agree with
6
Q
‘to jab its claws and beak into his head. I had already decided to leave the country’
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- free verse, rigid structure
- ranting tone
- desperation for change
- violent verb choices reflect something inflicting harm on someone else
