View Of Scotland/love Poem Flashcards
Parenthesis to show that the speaker is not being sentimental about the recollection and is being honest
“Jiffywaxing the vinolay (this is too/ordinary to be nostalgia)”
Emphasis on the traditions associated with luck for new year as the family want to start positively
“If we’re to even hope to prosper/ this midnight must find us/how we would like to be”
Family are from a working class background and shows how hard the mother works. As well as establishing the evocative setting
“Down on her hands and knees/ at ten at night on Hogmanay”
The mother’s preparations for the new year
“Mum’s got her rollers in with wave set/ and her well- pressed good dress”
Intimate and affectionate speech as she addresses her lover directly whilst moving forward in time
“Darling, it’s thirty years since”
Oxymoron showing that the couple saw each other but didn’t actually know each other and refers to the movement of chance when they exchanged good wishes at new year
“Familiar strangers at a party,/ we did not know that we were/the happiness we wished each other/ when the bells went, did we?”
Simile showing the idea of luxury indicating a positive outlooks. As well as showing the romance within the poem
“Golden crusts on steak pies/ like quilts on a double bed”
Sense of contentment as well as advising to live in the present as we don’t know what the future holds.
“There is no time like the/present for a kiss”
Traditions of the entire city showing a shared experience
“All over the city […] people make for where they want to be”
Traditions for new year still the same as they were before
“Everyone puts on their best spread of plenty”
