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Flashcards by Diana Domingues, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Diana Domingues
almost 7 years ago
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| Question | Answer |
| "For my Grandmother Knitting" | Child's perspective Child has to describe her, as grandmother cannot describe 'Knitting' Grandmother has pulled together her family like threads into a tight-knit group |
| "no need they say, but the needles still move" | Family patronising her Feels useless, no longer needed 'they' shows distance and unimportance, as 'they' are not named, leads us to side with grandmother, and not 'they' She ignores patronising comments, defies them Enjambment: She carries on Can't stop knitting because she fears to become useless Feels like knitting is the only way for her to be part of her children's world, so she is not alienated. |
| "Their rhythms in the working of your hands" | 'rhythm': She has been steady and continuous, and will be forever 'working': like clockwork of machinery: she does not get tired, and completes her works to perfection like a machine Her work is deeply engraved within her |
| "as easily as if your hands" | Broken-up lines At present times, things are broken up within her family |
| "sure and skillful hands of a fisher-girl" | Knitting requires skill (intricate) Grandchild recognises the hard work she puts into them, and raising the family in general 'fisher-girl': Grandmother is doing manual work like she once did. Wants to feel useful |
| "master of your moments" "deft and swift" "still-ticking quick silver fish" | Assonance and alliteration Slides out of your mouth so deftly we can feel her skill on our lips |
| 2nd stanza | Continuous enjambment and lack of punctuation. Shows how woman didn't have the time to stop as she was constantly working. We (and everyone) don't have time to examine all the work she is doing Very short lines: quickens pace |
| Hands | Extended metaphor for grandmother's life: Bride - Taking care of Husband - Caring for children - Painful Represents aging |
| "Swollen-jointed. Red. Arthritic. Old" | A lot of punctuation and stops (caesura) She is old and can go on for less long: Uselessness she and other people view her Despite the hard work, we all experience the cruelty of aging |
| "As if your hands remembered" "As if your hands had forgotten" | Automatic actions, like a mother's instinct/ nature automatically guides her to provide for her children Refuses/ has forgotten to get older, as she continues to knit |
| Structure | Chronological event which highlights transition to old age. Use of the word 'they' throughout creates generation gap between her and her children |
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