In Mrs Tilscher’s Class (Scottish Highers English): Flashcards
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Genre of 'In Mrs Tilscher's Class'
Genre of 'In Mrs Tilscher's Class'
Autobiographical poem
Pronoun used throughout poem
Pronoun used throughout poem
'You' - makes it personal & universal
Lines in first two stanzas vs last two
Lines in first two stanzas vs last two
8 lines (stable) vs 7 lines (disrupted)
Season marking turning point (Stanza 3)
Season marking turning point (Stanza 3)
Easter - represents growth/new beginnings
Opening line of poem
Opening line of poem
'You could travel up the Blue Nile'
Classroom compared to what?
Classroom compared to what?
Sweetshop (simile: 'glowed like a sweetshop')
Tadpoles change from ___ to ___
Tadpoles change from ___ to ___
Commas to exclamation marks (metaphor for growth)
Who are Brady and Hindley?
Who are Brady and Hindley?
Moors Murderers, early 1960s (child killers)
Final line's weather imagery
Final line's weather imagery
'sky split open into a thunderstorm' (pathetic fallacy)
Two main themes of poem
Two main themes of poem
Childhood; Change and growing up