Sunlight

Question 1

summers day, warm, comfortable,

Answer 1

Sunlight absence

Question 2

water in a bucket under pump, creates idea of golden colour, warm, pleasant, sun reflected in water

Answer 2

water honeyed

Question 3

description of sun and its rays, assonance/sibilance, personification, warmth, positive atmosphere, welcoming

Answer 3

sun stood like a griddle

Question 4

carefree, permanent goof weather, days drag on

Answer 4

long afternoon

Question 5

she’s baking, kneading dough

Answer 5

hands scuffed over the bakeboard

Question 6

comparing the stove/metal door to a plague, warmth from outside transfers inside

Answer 6

plague of heat

Question 7

Shes a large lady, but description of her is focused on her lap, shows there’s + closeness/bond and he sat on her lap often

Answer 7

broad-lapped

Question 8

She uses two clocks to make sure scones are accurately timed

-baking epitomises love + caring/nourishing she has for child

Answer 8

scone rising to the tick of two clocks

Question 9

Heaney is really reliving the momeny/memory, present tense, full of love

Answer 9

here is love

Question 10

His aunt’s love is like a scoop, hes surrounded by love.

• The scoop, although shiny, is covered in flour so it’s not shining anymore, but its still shining
• Although memories aren’t as fresh, they’re still important and he remembers them positively and remembers the feeling they evoked.

Answer 10

like a tinsmith’s scoop sunk past its gleam in the meal-bin