to my nine year old self Flashcards
1
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title
A
- personal poem
- conversational, self reflection and concideration
2
Q
“you”
A
personal pronouns, direct address
3
Q
“you must forgive me”
A
reflexive, betrayal
4
Q
“i have spoiled this body”
A
blame on the speaker, speaker feels guilty?
5
Q
“body” “scars” “bad back” “bruised foot”
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semantic field of the body
6
Q
“into the summer morning”
A
symbolic
7
Q
“as fresh in your mind as the white paper”
A
simile
8
Q
“scared lanes”
A
personification
8
Q
“tree long buried in housing”
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metaphor
9
Q
“cloud your morning”
A
- contrasts summer imagery
homophone, mourning
