toads Flashcards
toad
extended metaphor - pessimistic ideas of work
toads = pests and unwanted unpleasant
squat on my love
burden, annoying irritating
awkward and uncomfortable
six days of the week it soils
emphasise - hating work - work as a brute
sickening poison
you work til death - harmful
hinders health
impedes on health
Lecturers,lispers, losers, loblolly men , louts
asyndetic listing - those of a higher class are privileged - did not have to work as hard due to their background and upbringing.
personal tone of resent - mocking these ppl
they seem to like it
patronising tone - highlights ignorance / classism towards different walks of life
nippers
unspeakable wives
homeless - extreme poverty
sees unemployed as animals and dehumanises them
sad eyed realism - mvmt writer
i know all too well that’s the stuff dreams are made on
enj- consistent idea
intertextual reference - tempest
shows off knowledge
for something sufficiently toad like squats in me too
contradicts previous ideas - ultimately conformity and passive acceptance he has to work
volta
he secretly enjoys work
the fame and the girl and the money
syndetic listing - mocking tone - what society strives to have. Do not really matter
superficial desire.
success is identified through superficial means
structure
half rhyme - symbolises how contracting his point are
spiritual truth
inner truth
