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13 Cards in this Set
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Elegy for my fathers father |
Masculine power hieght Unchanging, tall tower, lion sun, held flowering cherry, action verbs slice build, high as the head of a man, monument- cairn
Contrast- vulnerable restricyed Old, blind, sat in a curved chair- domestic interior , broken, dumb, all day by the kitchen fire
Symbols of life- love life passion Heart, veins, born, eighty years of days, boughs of heaven, flowering cherry tree, bridal bed- marriage, for a child's sake
Hard to understand- difficult to love express emotion, distance Memorial is denied, mourned him in the fashion, his heart was dumb, heart had never spoken, father's father
Nature- plants beauty and life delicate Aaronsrod and blossom, flowering cherry tree, stars in their drunken dancing, green boughs of heaven, tounges of water spoke, the leaves the wind had shaken
Regret He knew in the hour he died, pride of his heart was dumb, his heart had never spoken in song or bridal bed
Fear scared Dark mouths if the dead, waves all night awake |
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One art |
Controlling reaction to loss - coping mechanism The art of losing isnt hard to master - repeated So many things seem filled with th intent- they want to be lost Lose something every day, accept the fluster - imperative command verbs beginnjng of stanza villannelle structure- tightly controlled structure Starts with small things that are replacable - gets worse Write it - in parenthasis forcing herself Not too hard to master - doesnt believe herself, questioning herself Though it may look like it - admission if difficulty
Emotional My mother's watch, my last.. of three loved houses, names- identity, two cities, lovely ones- adds opinions personal, even losing you- personal
Polysyndeton repetition
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Reservist |
Futile- ageing and physical decay Creaking bones, supressed grunts, battle-weary knights, creep, rusty armour, pot bellies, shrinking gear
Medival chivalry language- showing age and dated, Annual joust, regular fanfare, clarion notes, kings command, tilt, court martial - military court. ------sleek weapons - comic contrast
Futility, purposeless Tilt at the windmills - delusional, folly, futile, pureposeless, helmets shutting off half the world- dated, unfit for use
Boring and belittling - ironic truth We will keep charging - future tense, planned boring, predictable Same hill... same forests... same trails - repetition of same, monotone and tedious Like children placed on carousels - belittled, cant get off, repetitive circles, futile
Fantasy , exists for entertainment Somebodies expensive fantasy land, tedious rituals, masked threats, monsters - fantasy and game like, childish fear Sisyphus - adds exhaustion, effort of repitition, futile and punishment We will play the game- fanatasy game
Hope, possibility unlikely Perhaps suprise ourselves and emerge unlikely heroes - only a possibility We will march the same paths until they break onto new trails... open sea... daybreak - new start, optimism, freedom adventure new direction
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Cold in the earth |
Isolation, distance Cold in the earth, literal and metaphorical, distance, isolation, trochaic inversion stresses first syllable= cold Deep snow piled above thee, distance, physical barrier, life and death Far,far removed, isolation Severed at last aggressive Empty world again - isolation, dispairing bleak
Cold, sad mournful and regret Cold in the earth, snow piled, cold in thy dreary grave - sad mournful Wild Decembers- seems longer, emphasises cold and suffering Have i forgot - regret, guilt, for not living for full 15 years Cold in the earth - repeated as if refrain Change and suffering - long bleak years without him Sterner desires... darker hopes beset me- oxymoronic , trouble surrounds All my life’s bliss is in the grave with thee - is no longer happy Golden days had perished - cold slow suffering dying Down to that tomb - symbol of death, suicidal thoughts Languish...rapturous pain... divinest anguish - oxymoronic conflicting feelings, pain, languish fade go weak
The man My only love - she has not loved anyone else That noble heart - thinks well of him Sweet love of youth - innocence, happier time evokes empathy No other sun... no other star ... all my life’s bliss- repetition and no one else for her committed, devoted life to him and he was her life The days of golden dreams - life with him, precious, perfection , temporary unreal,p precious, beautiful Aid of joy - description of him
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Meeting at night |
Secrecy - tense moment Meeting at night- night is secret Sea, mile of beach, 3 fields, fears -shows distance between them- barrier Joys and fear- contrast and fears Voice less loud... tap on the pane, quick sharp scratch - doubt with comma as caesura, sibilance makes tense moment, quick sounds not heard unless meant to Startled little waves - startled showing fear and frightened |
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Because I could not stop for death |
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The trees |
Cycle of life and death The trees are coming into leaf - beginning, spring, growth renewal Recent buds relax and spread - suggests future life and growth, unfolding Their greeness is a kind of grief - 'gr' alliteration and assonance draws ironic words together, cycle of life and death, inevitably of death, human mortality Is it that they are born again and we grow old? No they die too- central to poem, stark blunt monosyllabic, we and them both die= link, caesura emphasises question Written down in grain - the cycles are inside, they grow old inside Yearly trick of looking new - fake death, fake beginning, new= birth Last year is dead - reminder of death and cycles of years Begin afresh, afresh, afresh -repetition, cycle of life, Description of trees Like somethimg almost being said - personifies link to humanity Greeness- health Written down in rings - grow old inside Unresting castles thresh - age, strong, stable Begin afresh afresh afresh - sibilant stanza, creates onomatopoeia, soughing of forest rustling of trees They seem to say - personification, likened to humans |
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Praise song for my mother |
Dependancy and reliance Praise song- vitality and passion with a voice My - personal You were water to me |
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Anthem for doomed youth |
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Attack |
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My parents |
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Tears idle tears |
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Friend |
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