touch Flashcards
1
Q
stanza 1
A
- lack of affection and compassion
- slow rhythm : suggests a desire for gentleness to savour
- isolated
- senses are deadened
- repetition : attitude of yearning
- wistful mood
2
Q
stanza 2
A
- years in prison
- not touched with care
- perceived as a pariah(outcast) in society
- white male untouchable
- disconnected
- negative connotations
- contrast in different types of touch, positive and negative
- melancholic mood
- lack of punctuation : unending prison time
- matter of fact tone
3
Q
stanza 3 and 4
A
- touched negatively
- colon : explanation
- aggressive brutality
- out of control
- synecdoche : fists represent the warder
- desperate to avoid touch
- transferred epithet : fists are not mad, warders are
- faster rhythm : forcefulness
- monosyllabic words
- anguished tone
4
Q
stanza 5
A
- invasive hands, harsh
- dehumanization
- repetition : no escape
- dashes : explain
- alliteration : invasiveness, guards pleasure
- emotive language : submission
- slower rhythm : deliberate, procedure
- enjambment : unending
- resigned tone
5
Q
stanza 6
A
- repetition : yearning attitude
- repetition : necessary
- imploring tone
6
Q
form
A
- free verse
- contradictory to situation
7
Q
sturcture
A
- enjambment : time passing slowly
- indentation : distance of the touch
