Strangers Forever seen poetry Flashcards
Comment on the tone in the poem
Observational at the beginning -> Saddened (who can read…)
What extended figure of speech is used?
An extended metaphor, where the journey in a train compartment is compared to the journey of life with no destination. Sense of isolation created.
Comment on the effect of the structure of the poem.
enjambment, no breaks in long paragraph: like life.
What is the reader positioned to feel?
Overwhelmed, Reflective, Saddened
What sound devices are used?
Onomatopeia
account for the shift from Strangers Forever to Forever Strangers
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)
comment on the use of pronouns in the poem
“you” -> speaking to audience, including from the start
“us”
“neither I”
comment on the effectiveness of the repetition of:
1. Though
2. One part
- impossible to change
- certainty: convincing
comment on the effect of the rhetorical question.
The audience is made to ponder about the poem.
What does “strive” imply?
that we want to achieve understanding,
Provide evidence for the melancholic tone in “One part that neither I, nor anyone else, willl ever penetrate.”
“will ever”
it can never happen.
What is the message of the poem?
we will never truly know each other. that is the realisation we have along life’s journey.