Follower (AQA GCSE English Literature): Flashcards
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Year Heaney won Nobel Prize in Literature
Year Heaney won Nobel Prize in Literature
1995
Year 'Follower' was published
Year 'Follower' was published
1966
Collection containing 'Follower'
Collection containing 'Follower'
Death of a Naturalist
Three main themes in Heaney's poetry
Three main themes in Heaney's poetry
Family, memory, and the natural world
Heaney's upbringing location
Heaney's upbringing location
County Derry, Northern Ireland
Simile describing father's shoulders
Simile describing father's shoulders
His shoulders globed like a full sail strung
Effect of 'full sail' simile
Effect of 'full sail' simile
Emphasises father's strength & capability, creates admiration
Metaphor showing speaker following father
Metaphor showing speaker following father
I stumbled in his hob-nailed wake
Effect of 'hob-nailed wake' metaphor
Effect of 'hob-nailed wake' metaphor
Suggests struggle & inadequacy in following father
Quote showing role reversal at end
Quote showing role reversal at end
It is my father who keeps stumbling / Behind me
Effect of role reversal at poem's end
Effect of role reversal at poem's end
Shows passage of time, father's ageing & dependence
Structure of 'Follower'
Structure of 'Follower'
Six quatrains
Rhyme scheme of 'Follower'
Rhyme scheme of 'Follower'
ABAB
Metre used in 'Follower'
Metre used in 'Follower'
Iambic tetrameter
Effect of enjambment in 'Follower'
Effect of enjambment in 'Follower'
Enhances movement & progression, reflects time passing