Full Analysis (Scottish Highers English): Flashcards
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Free verse
Free verse
No fixed rhyme scheme or metrical pattern
Meaning of 'ere'
Meaning of 'ere'
Before (archaic term)
Enjambment
Enjambment
Sentence continuing beyond line end without punctuation
Defile
Defile
Narrow gorge through mountains
Corrie
Corrie
Bowl-shaped hollow on mountainside (glacial erosion)
'Now, here' significance
'Now, here' significance
Embodies mindfulness/present moment awareness
Poem's central metaphor
Poem's central metaphor
Mountain = mind (self-contained yet vast)
'Toiling' links
'Toiling' links
Geological processes to mental labour
3 qualities mind recognises
3 qualities mind recognises
Terror, glory, power
Opening with 'But' effect
Opening with 'But' effect
Enters mid-thought, creates immediacy/intimacy