Like an Heiress (AQA GCSE English Literature): Flashcards
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Author of 'Like an Heiress'
Author of 'Like an Heiress'
Grace Nichols (Guyanese-British poet)
Nichols' general themes
Nichols' general themes
Identity, heritage, natural world
Main themes in 'Like an Heiress'
Main themes in 'Like an Heiress'
Nostalgia, responsibility, fate of planet
Heiress metaphor meaning
Heiress metaphor meaning
Entitlement & responsibility to care for nature
'Mirror of oceanic small-days' symbolises
'Mirror of oceanic small-days' symbolises
Nostalgia, childhood memories of pristine ocean
'Lone wave of rubbish' represents
'Lone wave of rubbish' represents
Environmental degradation, human impact on nature
'Ocean's moodswings' personification shows
'Ocean's moodswings' personification shows
Ocean reacting to pollution, unable to cope with waste
'Quickening years' suggests
'Quickening years' suggests
Urgency about rapid environmental degradation
Ocean symbolises
Ocean symbolises
Beauty, power, vulnerability of nature
Hotel room symbolises
Hotel room symbolises
Humanity's detachment from environmental crisis
Free verse form reflects
Free verse form reflects
Unpredictable, chaotic nature of ocean & environment
Poem's structural progression
Poem's structural progression
Nostalgia → pollution recognition → isolation/withdrawal
Opening tone of poem
Opening tone of poem
Reflective and nostalgic
Closing tone of poem
Closing tone of poem
Detached and resigned
Poem critiques
Poem critiques
Society's disregard for nature & consequences of pollution