The furthest distances i've travelled - Leontia Flynn Flashcards
1
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Title
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- transition - personal growth
- personal poem
- changes have been experienced
2
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‘when first I saddled a rucksack,’
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- dynamic verb illustrates a sense of eagerness and exploration
- first-person pronoun
- metaphor - need of escapism
3
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‘the way my spine
curved under it like a meridian —’
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- connotations of fragility
- the theme of geography
- travelling and the difficulties faced
4
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‘thought: Yes. This is how
to live.’
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- naivety
- confirming decision
- foreshadowing change
- wants to map out her own life, caesura used for thought
5
Q
‘Siberian white
cells of scattered airports,’
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- a reference to the snow, but also her purity and naivety
- sibilance
- juxtaposes nature of the scenes around her
6
Q
‘in restlessness, in anony
mity:’
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- isolated
- having the energy to explore through youth
- leaving the past behind/ giving her freedom to explore
7
Q
‘larium’
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drug used to treat malaria
8
Q
‘delirium’
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- contrast to destiny
- realising the reality of travel
9
Q
‘post office’
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- changed tone, foreshadowing a new lifestyle
10
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‘stuffing smalls hastily into a holdall,’
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- alliterative phrase - more toward routine and reality
11
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‘some overdue laundry is really beyond me.’
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- tradition towards routine
- from previous lifestyle choices
- rhyme connoting mundane reality
12
Q
‘crushed valentines’
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- more personal, reflecting on past relationships and her limited connections
- however relationship was crushed, knocked down on her journey
13
Q
‘the furthest distances I’ve travelled’
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overall reflection
14
Q
‘have been those between people.’
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- struggle to bring people together
- references to the different cultures that enlightened her emotionally, but they separated physically
15
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Overall messages
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- the idea that journeys are both physical and emotional
- looks at the transition from the freedom of a student traveller to the mature perspective of the present day narrative
