The Gun

Question 1

‘bringing a gun into the house changes it’

Answer 1

enjambment unnatural break emphasises boldness of statemnt

Question 2

‘you lay it on the kitchen table’

Answer 2

wife and husband dynamic wife cooks husband rests

Question 3

‘grainy polished wood stock;

Answer 3

assonance plosvie consonants remove safety felling

Question 4

‘grey shadow’

Answer 4

not black/white lack of clarity whether changes brought my gun are good and bad

Question 5

‘at first’

‘soon’

Answer 5

time phrases speed relationship developemnt

Question 6

‘clean through the head’

Answer 6

monosyllabic

Question 7

‘reek’ ‘entrails’ ;shot through the head;

Answer 7

semantic field of death and destruction juxtaposed with innocent imagery exaggerates destuction of the gun

Question 8

‘like when sex was fresh’

Answer 8

dehumanising both men and women can change societal norms

Question 9

‘slicing stirring and tasting;

Answer 9

sibiliance step by step closer to consumption