Strangers Forever seen poetry Flashcards

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1
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Comment on the tone in the poem

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Observational at the beginning -> Saddened (who can read…)

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What extended figure of speech is used?

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An extended metaphor, where the journey in a train compartment is compared to the journey of life with no destination. Sense of isolation created.

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Comment on the effect of the structure of the poem.

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enjambment, no breaks in long paragraph: like life.

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What is the reader positioned to feel?

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Overwhelmed, Reflective, Saddened

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What sound devices are used?

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Onomatopeia

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account for the shift from Strangers Forever to Forever Strangers

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It puts the emphasis on forever, leaving no room to argue, it mimics the journey that the poem/poet takes, the line seperation can be an indicator of the seperation between the narrator and everyone else (message)

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comment on the use of pronouns in the poem

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“you” -> speaking to audience, including from the start
“us”
“neither I”

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comment on the effectiveness of the repetition of:
1. Though
2. One part

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  1. impossible to change
  2. certainty: convincing
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comment on the effect of the rhetorical question.

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The audience is made to ponder about the poem.

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What does “strive” imply?

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that we want to achieve understanding,

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Provide evidence for the melancholic tone in “One part that neither I, nor anyone else, willl ever penetrate.”

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“will ever”
it can never happen.

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What is the message of the poem?

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we will never truly know each other. that is the realisation we have along life’s journey.

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