The Tenant Flashcards

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There is no rom for you

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  • addressing another woman directly
  • not yet over a previous relationship
  • authentic (first person)
  • frank tone
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In my heart. The only tenant

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  • only ever been one significant other
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who ever lived there left

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  • ## trying to distance himself from that previous relationship
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some luggage behind.

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  • emotional baggage
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5
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I didn’t even evict her. She

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  • not forcibly
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simply left without a word.

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  • unexpected

- wants to find closure

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I keep hoping she will come

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  • has reconciled her leaving
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back and collect the luggage

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  • wants to be free of emotional burden
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or at least arrange for disposal

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  • get rid of the old memories
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clean out the place, throw out

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  • prevent him from moving on with his life
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old memories.

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12
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I could possibly live with

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  • never free from the relationship
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13
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the marks on the walls. Some

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  • metaphor alluding the impact of his life
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14
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are completely indelible

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  • effects can never be removed (they are forever)
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15
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some I even like.

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  • there are some warm memories together
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But you see I am afraid

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  • frank tone
17
Q

that if it all goes, what will I do

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  • fear of getting rid of emotional fear

- left alone

18
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with all that empty space.

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  • aloneness
19
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sentence structure

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  • simple sentences, straight up, indisputable

- complex sentences, complexity of his emotions

20
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title

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  • lodger will not leave
  • literal tenant to partner who has left
  • tenant is not permanent
21
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form

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  • free verse

- unrestrained feelings

22
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structure

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  • enjambment

- unresolved emotions

23
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rhythm

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  • slow, can process emotions

- subdued emotional state

24
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mood

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  • sombre

- desolate