Out of the Blue

Out of the Blue

1st Stanza
1. "You"
  1. People watching TV (passive)
  2. Appeal to a listener
  3. Creates a relationship
  4. Implied responsibility
2. "shot"
  1. Camera shot
3. "building burning"
  1. Alliteration
  2. Plosive
  3. Aggressive
4. "now"
  1. Present
  2. Immediacy
5. "white"
  1. Symbolic value
  2. Innocence
  3. Surrender
6. "white cotton shirt"
  1. businessman/woman
  2. Ordinary
2nd Stanza
1. "waving, waving"
  1. Attract attention
  2. Desperate
  3. Hopeful
2. "small in the clouds"
  1. Far away
  2. Irrelevant
  3. Vulnerable
3. "Does anyone see"
  1. Enjambment
  2. Attention
  3. 'Can you see me, why aren't I being saved'
4. "a soul worth saving"
  1. 'Am I worth it?'
  2. Question of relevance
3rd Stanza
1. "So when will you come?"
  1. Direct
  2. Rhetorical question
  3. Engages relationship
  4. Hope
  5. Belief
  6. Trust
  7. Provokes guilt in listener
2. "shaking crumbs/or pegging out washing"
  1. Mundane
  2. Normal
  3. Accusatory tone
  4. Judgmental
  5. Juxtaposes mundane activities to add to shock and desperation
4th Stanza
1. "trying and trying"
  1. Trying - not succeeding
  2. Loss of hope
  3. "and" - more effort
  4. Desperate
2. "The heat behind me is bullying,driving,"
  1. Personification
  2. Fight against heat - personal
  3. Paranoia about heat manipulating him and making him jump
3. "But"
  1. Change
  2. Not given up
4. "white of surrender is not yet flying"
  1. pushes through giving up
  2. Inevitable
5. "diving"
  1. Headfirst
  2. Description of fall
  3. No survival
5th Stanza
1. "A bird goes by"
  1. Bird has freedom
  2. He can't escape
  3. Isolation
  4. Juxtaposes normalcy of bird with the abnormal situation
2. "The depth is appalling. Appalling"
  1. Repetition -shows thought reiteration
  2. "." allows thought
  3. Everything about the event is appalling
3. "wind-milling, wheeling, spiralling, falling."
  1. Present Continuous
  2. Long words represent the long drop
  3. Long sounds
6th Stanza
1. "believing"
  1. Given up on getting an answer
2. "gills"
  1. Physical description
  2. Room filled with smoke - breathing out of them
3. "I am still breathing."
  1. Reaffirms - still alive
  2. 'I still need to be saved'
7th Stanza
1. "But tiring, tiring."
  1. Change
  2. Full stop - almost the end
2. "below"
  1. not here
3. "My arm is numb and my nerves are sagging"
  1. Not getting attention
  2. Given up
4. "my love"
  1. Personal goodbye
  2. Wife?
5. "failing"
  1. Given up
6. Full stop at end of every line
  1. Signifies inevitable death
Dramatic Monologue
Structure
1. 4 Lines
2. No rhyme
3. Different length lines
4. Trying to keep it together/calm but failing
Disjointed
Desperate
Panicking

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	Created by Smyles about 11 years ago