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12 Cards in this Set
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It take place in a psychiatrist's office. The psychiatrist listens to patients' problems and he than decides on a appreciate treatment. |
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Each day I drown in words ? |
Personification- he is figuratively sinking with meaningful words and he wishes that his patients would speak less but make more sense |
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What did the psychiatrist mean whit, and not a word passed between us ? |
He realises that one doesn't have to talk to communicate. |
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Explain the the irony in but what he said. |
The patient had not said a word. However communication had take place between the doctor and patient. |
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to shake the words out of my hair? |
Personification/ metaphor- he is comparing words to grasss / leaves / confetti to shaken out of his hair. He wants to get rid of it because it irritates him. |
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Stale and used-up word? |
He has heard all these words before and becomes meaningless |
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Words indicating panic |
These words used by patience show their panic state and is compared to words jumping on a table. People thus panic because they are afraid that their problems won't be solved and speak in a disorderly manner creating chaos. These people use words intensely and urgently. |
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The heavy meaningful word |
These words are compared to a curtain. Usually we close curtains, thus this simile indicates that communication will not place because of these sincere/ meaningful words. |
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There are two types of people: People who speak in an urgent manmer? People who speak meaningless words? |
They are urgently trying to communicate the problems to the psychiatrist and hope to be assisted with their problems (line 18) they are afraid that the psychiatrist may see them as unimportant, as if they are falling into nothingness'. (line 24) |
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That I might hold it in my palm |
Personification- he would examine a single word. |
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Weight it |
When he says he will weight able the less spoken words / one single words it implies that he will consider carefully. |
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Style? |
Free verse without a fixed thyme pattern |
