Flashcards
Cockroach
Flashcards do conjunto (8)
- 1StructureIt is a sonnet, the change of rhyme scheme from ABAB could show a sudden realization
- 2I watched a giant cockroach start to pace, Skirting a ball of dust that road the floor.Hyperbole of giant, could be a metaphor of how things can be avoided but build up, dust ball is a symbol for this
- 3At first he seemed quite satisfied to trace A path between the wainscot and the door,Personification of the cockroach, could be a symbol for a journey through life
- 4But soon he turned to jog in crooked rings, Circling the rusty table leg and back,Continued personification encoding the theme of life. Could show how we become in-patient with the boredom of life
- 5And flipping right over to scratch his wings- As if the victim of a mild attackcacophony of back and attack showing tension and violence. Enjambment builds tension
- 6Of restlessness that worsened over time. After a while, he climbed an open shelfThis is where the rhyme scheme changes indicating realization. Metaphor for the drive to accomplish something huge, like a mid-life crises. The diction used is very aggressive and violent
- 7And stopped. He looked uncertain where to go. Was this due payment for some vicious crimeCaesura shows shock maybe. There is also a Buddhist allusion, could be symbol of what to do once you've reached the top
- 8A former life had led to? I don’t know Except I thought I recognised myselfCaesura again, showing the break down of the poems structure. the repetition of I brings the focus back to the author
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- GCSE English (Songs of ourselves) FlashCards sobre Cockroach, criado por Reuben Veysey-Smith em 19-04-2015.
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- Reuben Veysey-Smith
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