11:00: Baldovan (Scottish Highers English): Flashcards
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Journey taken by boys in '11:00: Baldovan'
Journey taken by boys in '11:00: Baldovan'
First unsupervised bus journey to Hilltown
Bus journey metaphor in poem
Bus journey metaphor in poem
Transition from childhood to adulthood
Stanza form used in '11:00: Baldovan'
Stanza form used in '11:00: Baldovan'
Two-line stanzas (couplets)
Word marking poem's turning point at stanza 6
Word marking poem's turning point at stanza 6
'However' - signals shift from confidence to anxiety
Anaphora technique in poem (from stanza 11)
Anaphora technique in poem (from stanza 11)
Repetition of 'and' at start of stanzas
Minor sentences def. & example from poem
Minor sentences def. & example from poem
Incomplete but meaningful. 'Base Camp. Horizontal Sleet.'
Transferred epithet in 'streets forget their names'
Transferred epithet in 'streets forget their names'
Human quality (forget) applied to streets
Symbolism of 'charred wreck' bus
Symbolism of 'charred wreck' bus
Destruction of what was safe and familiar
Final line about mothers & sisters
Final line about mothers & sisters
50 years dead - conveys isolation & loss from growing up
How growing up is presented in poem
How growing up is presented in poem
Disorienting and frightening rather than liberating