She was nineteen, and she was bored

"she overdoses on the exhilaration" Tech: Metaphor.
Annotations:
- Suggests the power has overpowered her, causing her to desire more and be greedy. The quote has connotations of death.
"born and bred" Tech: cliché.
Annotations:
- Implies that the woman has always been spiteful/nasty.
"where's your brains now,your money?" Tech: Rhetorical question.
Annotations:
- The woman comes across as spiteful and belittling.
"a Joan" Tech: Noun, historical context,religious connotations/language.
Annotations:
- Referring to Joan of Arc. she was the polar opposite of the persona in the poem. Joan was thought to be courageous etc.
"could" "might" Tech: tentative language.
Annotations:
- Shows all the good things the woman could have become instead.
"she did what we might" Tech: pronoun 'we', tentative language.
Annotations:
- Pugh believes the woman isn't nice, but that there are other people capable of following the same course of action as her.
"no nearer the light". Tech: noun 'light' , metaphor.
Annotations:
- Far away from the hope of something better. Today's society is just as bad.
"nobody." Tech: fullstop.
Annotations:
- The fullstop puts an end to her domestication.
Stanzas 1,3,5 and 6 all begin with "she" and follow the pattern of "she...she"
"hanged" Tech: verb, plosive.
Annotations:
- Not sensitised

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	Created by Heloise Tudor over 9 years ago