Walking Away Flashcards
Who is the author and what’s a message of this poem
C-day Lewis sacrificial nature of parental love and relationships changing over time
What is natural imagery used to show
Show the fathers growing understanding but also how he remains concern
What are some metaphors the father uses to describe his sun through natural imagery
‘Half fledged’»_space; father concerned that son isn’t ready
‘Eddying away’»_space; compares son to somethung moving in water which reflects his lack of control
What does this like propose and what is it
‘Wrenched from its orbit’
It’s a simile to describe son walking away and it creates a vivid, quite dangerous image which emphasises the sons anxiety
How does the mood in the first 2 stanzas differ from the second 2 stanzas
1st 2» it’s anxious and narrator doesn’t think his son is ready to go ‘satellite/wrenched from its orbit’
2nd 2» more reflective - describes sons first steps forward ‘sees loosened from its parents stem’
How does the language show the fathers experience of this is traumatic
What technique is used
‘Wrenched’ // ‘scorching’ //
‘gnaws’
However these lines change nearer the end of the poem
Technique = similes
What themes are in the poem
Independence
Distance
Memory
How is independence shown in the poem
Boy waking away
It’s presented through negative imagery to shows fathers distress and it’s shows through fathers point of view
How is distance shown in the poem
Dad feels the sons distance will be dangerous and he’ll become powerless to protecting the son
However he begins to realise is a positive thing and how it’s a natural thing in life
‘Selfhood begins with a walking away’
How is memory and this memory portrayed in the poem
It continues to hurt him and it is a significant memory becaus he remember the exact time
What are comparisons to other poems
Before you were mine - family relationship (how opposite sex)
Mother, any distance - children growing up
Climbing my grandfather - close, significant relationship
Eden rock - memory
How is the rhythm shown by what techninwues
Enhancement and caesura which Makes it sound like natural speech
What’s the rhyme scheme and its affect
ABACA- reflects the steadiness of fathers emotion
And repetition of A reflects how the memory continues to effect him years later
QUINTETS -controlled tight
What do the last 2 likes of the poem portray
How is this portrayed in a structural technique
The father has come to a conclusion that’s son has to walk away to find his own identity
And father proves his love by letting go
Shows a cyclical structure as well
What does this quote suggest
‘Touch lines new-ruled’
This is in the detailed description of the memory and shows a vivid image which could also be suggesting the idea of change and new beggings
