View of Scotland Flashcards
“View of Scotland / Love poem”
Metaphor - Embodies both ideas of Scot new year and personal poem on expression of love.
“hands”
Symbol - Shows hard work ethic of her mother in preparation of new year - superstition.
“still giving it elbow grease”
Dialect - Glaswegian dialect gives authentic detail of mothers work ethic.
‘elbow grease’ - suggests the hard physical work involved in ensuring the house was clean for the new year
“This is too
ordinary to be nostalgia”
Enjambment / Punctuation - Emphasises writers preference of memory over rose tinted glasses nostalgia.
“sockeye salmon…black bun”
Metaphor- All traditional Scottish foods creates sense of importance around the event and the writers admiration for Scotland - bragging.
“on bone china”
- Metaphor - Emphasises careful preparation and raises importance of new year.
- traditional image highlighting the importance of the occasion as this would be a rare luxury/needed to be seen by others
“Last year it was very quiet…”
Narrative - Direct speech from mother creates authentic perspective.
parenthetical aside shows how the traditions were still upheld/arrangements made for visitors whether they were expected or not
“good dress”
Metaphor - Good dress for important night
“waveset…candlewick”
WC - 1950’s recall shows precise details of memory.
“Nearly half-ten already and her not shifted”
WC - Urgency - excitement for new year.
“midnight must find us how we would like to be”
Metaphor - Start new year how you want to finish it
“A new view of Scotland”
Metaphor - Speakers optimism/hope for her life in the year ahead.
emphasises the need to be ready for the transformative potential of the year to come
“Darling”
Narrative - Poet addresses husband directly - intimate conversation
“it’s thirty years since”
wc - Passage of time - longing for relationship.
“looking into… in the year”
Narrative - Direct speech creates authentic recording.
