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Aunt Julia
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Mind Map on Aunt Julia, created by babyjane23 on 23/04/2014.
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Aunt Julia
Character of Aunt Julia
Speaks Gaelic
Lively "speaks loud and fast"
Rugged "often went barefoot"
Strong/masculine "wore men's shoes"
"strong foot".
Self-sufficient
makes and grows own food
Skilled "drew yarn marvellously out of the air".
energetic "water flouncing", winds pouring"
eccentric " keeper of three penny bits in a teapot"
Plain " Black skirts"
Dead "silenced in the absolute black of a sandy grave"
Location
By the sea
seagull's voice"
"sandy grave"
Luskentyre
Remote and isolated
"absolute darkness"
rural agriculture
"foot stained with peat"
"peatscapes and lazybeds"
colloquial
Poet's Message
Aunt Julia's death is a metaphor for the frustration that her culture and language died with her.
Who do we need to ask questions of before its too late?
Language and structure
Free Verse
First person narrative
snapshots/ images
simple language but vivid picture
Metaphors "she was buckets"
"She was black skirts and brown eggs".
Attitudes
love - includes details
respect "hers was the only house"
admired her skills spinning yarn
Regret
"By the time I learned a little she lay silenced"
"getting angry with so many questions unanswered"
Nostalgia - Past tense
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