Flashcards
Living Space Key Facts
Cards in this deck (8)
- 1ContextSet in the slums of Mumbai (city in India). They make homes out of stuff –unstable
- 2Theme of RELIGION and FAITH –Describes people’s hopes and trust- “miraculous” –sense of desperation comes faith
- “thin walls of faith” –this house is a symbol of hope
- “universe”, ‘light” - 3Theme of FRAGILITY (1)“thin walls of faith” –the word “thin” represents fragility
- 4Theme of FRAGILITY “these eggs in a wire basket”- Represents the fragility of the homes –She refers to “eggs” because they’re fragile
- Represents the inhabitants
- The fragility of the structures in the homes
-A way of life - 5OPENING line“There are just not enough straight lines” –Comparing it to life –life is not straight forward
- 6“balance crookedly”ANTITHESIS –Two things that don’t go together//makes you feel uneasy
- 7The STRUCTURE The ODD RHYMEThe ODD RHYME scheme shows some stability.
- 8The STRUCTURE ENJAMBMENTThe structure and the use of enjambment of the poem is deliberate –represents the space she is describing
The lines are broken up, representing the irregularities of the “crooked” buildings she is describing, but also how they become squeezed into small areas.
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- GCSE English (Poetry ) Flashcards on Living Space Key Facts, created by Mel Hughes on 01/05/2017.
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