view of a pig

Question 1

structure and form?

Answer 1

reg. quatrains - monotony+regularity of life, like machinery, death = commonplace
no rhyme scheme - choppy+aburpt, reflecting animals lack of personality/conscience

Question 2

context?

Answer 2

shamanism - care ab life of animals, nature and plants
grew up w harsh realities of working farms in Yorkshire

Question 3

title?

Answer 3

pig = nameless, dehumanising, object, lack of respect from start, worthless

Question 4

lay on a barrow

Answer 4

abrupt opening, finality of pig’s life
reminiscent of stretcher, no respect in death and lack of burial

Question 5

thumped

Answer 5

agressive verb, commentary on lack of respect for nature
like object

Question 6

lard + pork

Answer 6

eco-critical how we use animals for human consumption

Question 7

too dead + earthly pleasure

Answer 7

juxtaposed, show stature of pig before death, emphasises contrast bet living+death

Question 8

like a doorstep.

Answer 8

simile, every day object, end stop- finality
marxist lens humans above animals, they’re at bottom, lack of voice (it)

Question 9

narrator

Answer 9

removed + distant (like in suicide off egg rock)