Corrie Etchachan (Scottish Highers English): Flashcards
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Corrie definition
Corrie definition
Circular/semi-circular hollow in mountainside
Gaelic 'coire' meaning
Gaelic 'coire' meaning
Cauldron
Loch Etchachan UK record
Loch Etchachan UK record
Highest waterbody of its size
Shepherd's corrie insight
Shepherd's corrie insight
A mountain has an inside
The sublime (literary term)
The sublime (literary term)
Awe & grandeur beyond ordinary understanding
Burke's sublime work year
Burke's sublime work year
1757
Poem's main literary technique
Poem's main literary technique
Extended metaphor
Poem's two operating levels
Poem's two operating levels
Physical climb & intellectual pursuit
Poem's central paradox
Poem's central paradox
Mountain 'shut within itself, yet a world'
Mind's achievement in poem
Mind's achievement in poem
Vast, dark & inscrutable sense of itself