the furthest distances ive travelled Flashcards
‘curved under…
…it like a meridian’
What is the AO2? ‘curved under it like an meridian’
Simile shows how travelling makes her feel innately connected to the world around her
How does the writer use structure and form to convey how the speaker views travelling?
‘Yes. This is how to live.’ - monosyllables and caesura show how the speaker feels certainty and an unambiguous truth
‘between Krakow and Zagreb, or the Siberian white’ - irregular line and stanza length shows how travelling brings both complete freedom and a break from structure or routine
What is the AO2? ‘Krakow and Zagreb, or the Siberian white’
Exotic place names suggest she is breaking free from mainstream, Western society
What is the AO2? ‘came clear as over a tannoy’
Simile conveys an unambiguous truth of her destiny
What is the purpose of the line break in the third stanza?
‘in anonymity: was some kind of destiny’ - suggests she has broken free of her past self
‘stuffing smalls…
hastily into a holdall’
What is the AO2? ‘stuffing smalls hastily into a holdall’
Alliteration is intended to capture the repetitive nature of this world or perhaps running out of time
What is the AO2? ‘overdue laundry’
Speakers’s domestic life is defined by boundaries, stress and a lack of time
‘alien pants…
…cinema stubs, the throwaway comment’
What is the AO2? ‘alien pants, cinema stubs, the throwaway comment’
Listing of disconnected items is a reminder of this previous less structured existence
What is the AO2? ‘tiny stowaway pressed flower’
The flower is a metaphor for a more romantic past that has re-emerged in the present
‘The furthest…
…distances i’ve travelled have been those between people’
How is structure and form used in the final stanza?
Rhyming couplets and regular line length suggest her life has become more structured as she has found resolution/order
‘And what survives…
…of holidaying briefly in their lives’
