The Exact Moment I Because a Poet Flashcards
1
Q
sense of time and place
A
“Was in 1964”
2
Q
Vivid memory
A
“when Miss Shannon, rapping the duster on the easel’s peg half obscured by a cloud of chalk said”
3
Q
Reanalysed the moment later on
A
“That’s all back construction”
4
Q
Snobbery
A
“Attend to you books girls, or mark my words you’ll end up in the sewing factory”
5
Q
Thievery
A
“Those words ‘end up’ robbed the labour of it’s dignity”
6
Q
Recognises the truth in the teacher’s words
A
“allowing also, that the teacher was right and no one knows it like I do myself”
7
Q
Dehuminisation
A
“But I saw them, mothers, aunts and neighbours, trussed up like chickens on a conveyor belt”
8
Q
Harm of words
A
“Words could pluck you, leave you naked, your lovely shiney feathers all gone”
