The Cord

Question 1

Structure

Answer 1

6 stanzas 6 lines
No rhyme scheme

Question 2

What’s the effect of the enjambment?

Answer 2

Reflects past faced movement of Ella moving out and away from Duffy.

Question 3

‘Cut the cord’ Technique

Answer 3

Consonance

Question 4

‘Cut the cord’ Effect

Answer 4

Harsh sounds penetrate verse and depict severing of physical connection.

Question 5

‘Great forest’ Technique

Answer 5

Personification

Question 6

‘Great forest’ Effect

Answer 6

Duffy presents idea she chose to bury the cord somewhere important, honouring their connection.

Question 7

‘Wheel?, Silver?, Real?’ Technique

Answer 7

Rhetorical question

Question 8

‘Wheel?, Silver?, Real?’ Effect

Answer 8

Further the elusive nature of the cord, connection at mythical proportions.

Question 9

‘stared’ technique

Answer 9

verb

Question 10

‘stared’ effect

Answer 10

suggests the length at which Ella begins to obsess over the cord.

Question 11

Effect of enjambment and fricatives

Answer 11

creates a sense of movement and reflects Ella’s eagerness on her hunt.

Question 12

Effect of caesura

Answer 12

Empathises the moment Ella leaves home.

Question 13

Quote which signifies Ella’s left home

Answer 13

‘she went deeper’

Question 14

‘Screech of an owl’ ‘Baby’s cry’ Technique

Answer 14

Demonstrate that growing up and motherhood is apart of each species.