With Birds You’re Never Lonely (AQA GCSE English Literature): Flashcards
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Poet of 'With Birds You're Never Lonely'
Poet of 'With Birds You're Never Lonely'
Raymond Antrobus
Antrobus's identity (2 key aspects)
Antrobus's identity (2 key aspects)
British-Jamaican poet who is Deaf
4 main themes in the poem
4 main themes in the poem
Sound, silence, identity, and communication
Trees in Zealandia forest
Trees in Zealandia forest
Kauri trees
Tui birds' appearance
Tui birds' appearance
White tufts and yellow and black beaks
What poet does due to loud Tui birds
What poet does due to loud Tui birds
Turns off his hearing aids
What 'sun-syruped' evokes
What 'sun-syruped' evokes
Warmth and richness of trees/nature
Silence is described as not being what?
Silence is described as not being what?
Not an absence (full of presence and meaning)
What grey tree in London symbolises
What grey tree in London symbolises
Isolation and disconnection in urban environment
Poem's form
Poem's form
Free verse
Juxtaposition between which two settings?
Juxtaposition between which two settings?
Noisy café and silent forest
Grandfather's saying about birds
Grandfather's saying about birds
With birds you're never lonely
Opening café line shows what about city?
Opening café line shows what about city?
Noisy, chaotic environment and disconnection
What Tui birds symbolise
What Tui birds symbolise
Communication and presence
What London trees lack (metaphor)
What London trees lack (metaphor)
Family and Gods (spiritual/communal connections)