the wind begun to rock the grass Flashcards
titel
- storm looming
The wind begun to rock the grass
- personification
- unease
- violent / harsh
With threatening tunes and low -
- goes against the perceived calmness of tunes
- alliteration : ominous mood
He flung a menace at the earth -
- slow rhythm
- forceful
- menace emphasised
A menace at the sky.
- reference to god
The leaves unhooked themselves from trees -
- personification
And started all abroad;
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The dust did scoop itself like hands
- alliteration
And throw away the road.
-
The wagons quickened on the streets,
- increased rhythm speed
- growing storm
The thunder hurried slow -
- ironic as it plays against the rhythm
- oxymoron
- imminent
The lightning showed a yellow beak,
- increased threat
- metaphor
- anthropomorphism
- juxtaposition in yellow
And then a livid claw.
- fury
- damage
The birds put up the bars to nests -
- urgency
There came one drop of giant rain,
- unleashed rain
And then, as if the hands
- enjambment
- simile
That held the dams had parted hold,
- simile
- force
The waters wrecked the sky
- alliteration : harsh
- personification
But overlooked my father’s house -
- power of god
Just quartering a tree -
- wreaks havoc
form
- free verse
- although stanza length is predictable, nature isn’t
structure
- excessive use of dash
- enjambment
rhythm
- slow
- increases as storm builds
mood
- menacing
- threatening
- wonder
- awe
