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'Hide and Seek' by Vernon
Scannell
- themes
- childhood
- the game 'hide and
seek' is a children's
game
- the game 'hide and
seek' is a children's
game
- loneliness
- the fact that the child's
friends have all grown tired
of waiting for his and that
they have grown up has left
the child alone
- the fact that the child's
friends have all grown tired
of waiting for his and that
they have grown up has left
the child alone
- reminiscence
- growing up
- the poem is about the
child not growing up
and missing out on
opportunities
- the poem is about the
child not growing up
and missing out on
opportunities
- childhood
- form and structure
- one verse (free
verse, one long
stanza)
- direct speech
- 'i am ready
come and
find me'
- boy is directly speaking, reaches out to
the reader allowing us to empathise with
his problem. perhaps reflect on our own
childhood difficulties.
- boy is directly speaking, reaches out to
the reader allowing us to empathise with
his problem. perhaps reflect on our own
childhood difficulties.
- 'i am ready
come and
find me'
- boy his self is the
narrator
- if you hide from life it won't come
and find you, you need to go out a
grab the chances you are given
- if you hide from life it won't come
and find you, you need to go out a
grab the chances you are given
- one verse (free
verse, one long
stanza)
- language
- extended metaphore
(friendship, loyalty, growing up)
- friends grow apart. childhood is coming to an
end. represents life and importence of
grabbing chances life presents to you
- friends grow apart. childhood is coming to an
end. represents life and importence of
grabbing chances life presents to you
- 'but where are those who
sought you?'
- his friends have grown up
and left him while he was
not willing to grow up and
takes chances
- his friends have grown up
and left him while he was
not willing to grow up and
takes chances
- 'don't breathe. don't move. stay
dumb
- advise on how to stay hidden (how to
not grow up, stay a child)
- language (continued)
- sibilance ('s' sounds)
- 'sacks, seaside, salty, shout. repeated 's'
sounds create a sound/image in the readers
head (calm & tranquil) reminder of childhood
innocence.
- 'sacks, seaside, salty, shout. repeated 's'
sounds create a sound/image in the readers
head (calm & tranquil) reminder of childhood
innocence.
- verbs 'prowling'
- makes the children sound like they are
hunting animals, predators looking for pray.
builds tension within the poem as we don't
know whether they will find him or not
- makes the children sound like they are
hunting animals, predators looking for pray.
builds tension within the poem as we don't
know whether they will find him or not
- sibilance ('s' sounds)
- language (continued)
- advise on how to stay hidden (how to
not grow up, stay a child)
- personification 'the
cold bites through your
coat'
- discomfort and fear of
the narrator. builds
further tension, forced
to stay there. mirrors
discomfort of the child
who does not want to
grow up.
- discomfort and fear of
the narrator. builds
further tension, forced
to stay there. mirrors
discomfort of the child
who does not want to
grow up.
- extended metaphore
(friendship, loyalty, growing up)
- assonance
- repitition of
vowel sounds
- stumbles, mutters, scuffering. link together the
noises and actions the others make. emphasises
his anxiety as he listens
- repitition of
vowel sounds
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