Trio Flashcards
What is the theme?
-impact of religion, positive human spirit, love can replace religion
-observation of humanity and humans ability to use friendship to survive trials and tribulations
-Human life and love are special and being saved without religion
“coming up”
-Word Choice
-Present tense, snapshot of daily, immediate, now, its happening
-Uses realistic details to bring life to the poem
“quickly”
-Word Choice
-energy, movement, sense of urgency, fast, vitality, liveliness, life
“sharp”
-Word choice
-crisp, clear, brisk, biting cold
-suggests darkness contrasting with the positive atmosphere of the poem
-Setting up the idea that happiness can be found in unlikely, unexpected, unusual places
“young man…young man carries…young baby”
-word choice/sentence structure
-full of life, innocence potential, opportunity
-repetition of young emphasises this
“under the Christmas lights”
-Word choice
-under gives the sense of protection/being watched over by something and conveys the season and time, time of brightness and joy
“carries”
-Word choice
-suggests support, security, closeness, comfort and care, being looked after
“their breath rises in a cloud of happiness”
-imagery, metaphor
-suggests joy and togetherness, their laughter is contagious and spreading out
-enveloping them in cheerfulness and joy
-their breath, suggests they are filled with this joy it is part of them
“rises”
-word choice
-uplifting, positive, brighten up, happy, joy
“Wait till he sees this but!”
-sentence structure
-helps to show the setting, a sample/use of dialect, Set in Glasgow
-Adds to realism and emphasises on the everyday nature
“The chihuahua has a tiny Royal Stewart coat like a teapot-holder”
-imagery, simile
-idea of warm, cosy, domestic, wrapped and protected, keeping in warmth, homely, secure, sense of comfort
-also could represent the animals gathered around Jesus in the manger
“white shawl”
-word choice
-pure, innocence, cleanliness, not marked
“bright eyes”
-word choice
-happy, bright filled with wonder, hope, alert, awake and filled with wonder and aspiration for the world
“like favours in a sweet cake”
-imagery, simile
-idea of a hidden treat of surprise, Christmas cake/cake in general is shared with love
-The 3 people are a nice surprise to Morgan
“swells out”
-word choice
-Taking up space suggests the level of pride and importance, standing up proper full of pride,
-As if the guitar is saying “what a wonderful gift I am”
-transferred epithet, what the person is feeling transferred into an inanimate thing
“silver tinsel tape”
-word choice
-specialty and importance. The care of the gift and how precious it is
“brisk sprig of mistletoe”
-imagery, personification
-full of movement and life, link to Christmas and love
“orphean sprig…chihuahua”
-sentence structure, list of minor sentences with exclamation marks
-suggests he is shouting and exclaiming of joy
-emphasising the strength of his feelings
“the vale of tears”
-word choice
-reference to a story in the bible, earth with its suffering hardships and difficulties
“powerless”
-word choice
-all the suffering, trials and tribulations are defeated by the power of their friendship.
-Their joy defeats all the bad things in the world
“fate, it abdicates”
-imagery, personification
-describing what fate will do , fate steps down/resigns and doesn’t have control over their friendship
-they can defeat and conquer
“monsters of the year go blank, are scattered back, can’t bear”
-imagery, metaphor
- represents all the hardships and struggles of the year are wiped away
-the monsters cannot fight the trios love and happiness
-can’t withstand or with stand it
“march of three”
-word choice
-element of power, being control, military element, suggesting their strength
start of parenthesis and end of parenthesis “-the young…of three-“
-Sentence structure, parenthesis
-with in the parenthesis of is the imaginings of their lives and their positive vibe and joy these 3 bring
-in cases the the trio and surround their joy, is special and should be protected
-the start and close of the parenthesis represent the the encounter starting and ending
“(yet not…a guard)”
-sentence structure, brackets
-adding to Morgan’s reflection on what the 3 people mean to Morgan, additional information
“yet not vanished”
-word choice
-example of contrast, long lasting impact on Morgan even if they are gone
“men, and beasts, and music”
-sentence structure, list
-the idea 3 people represent everything in the world
“laughter ringing them round like a guard”
-imagery, simile
-they are protected by their laughter, their joy keeps them secure
-duality of meaning both the sound it makes, the joy protecting them and encircling them
