The Little Vagabond Flashcards
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Summary
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- The church is cold, but the pub is warm and filled with life. There I am treated better, The way the church treates us they would never be accepted into heaven.
- If only the church could offer us some comfort and the congregation would be as happy as birds
- Meanwhile, Mrs Lurch wouldnt have sad children, she couldnt beat or hurt them,
- God would be like a father, bringing joy, he would have no reason to argue with the Devil or forbid ale, instead hed kiss and offer him a drink
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About
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- Visualises a world where religious feeling and pleasure arent contrasted.
- Sitting inside a physically and emotionally cold church a child imagines the comfort of an ‘ale-house’ which offeres food, drink and music, warmth.
- People shouldnt feel threatened to praise God, scared of punishment
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The failing of Organized Religion.
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- Poem critises the cold strictness of the church.
- Building is cod
- Symbolically cold, rather then accepting peoples fault, forgivness. the church urges people to punish themselfs for their sins, such as fasting.
- Opposite of heaven
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Reconciling Good and Evil
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- Good and evil arent fixed points.
- Problem with the Devil isnt that he is evil but rather him and God are on opposite sides.
- Child takes the sin out of the pub by involving/including warmth.
- People dont have to choose between physical desire and religious experience
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‘Dear Mother, dear Mother’
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- Pleading tone,
4
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‘We’d sing and we’d pray’
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- Parallelism, draws a comparison, units the two distinct points
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‘Modest dame Lurch, who is always at Church’
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- Irony
- Internal ryhme, stresses relationship between unpleasant, feaful figure and the church
6
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Polysndeton (using words like and or)
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- Boisterous rhythm
- Childish
- Carried away with glee
- Delight of getting rid of the bad things
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Meter
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- Accentual meter, regular number of beats,
- Mood, energy,
