The Swing (Scottish Highers English): Flashcards
📚Flashcards
Practise the cards
10 cards from this deck
ShowHide
Practise the cards
10 cards from this deck
Author of 'The Swing'
Author of 'The Swing'
Don Paterson
Three central themes in 'The Swing'
Three central themes in 'The Swing'
Parent-child relationship, loss, spirituality
What are quatrains?
What are quatrains?
Four-line stanzas
Rhyme scheme in 'The Swing'
Rhyme scheme in 'The Swing'
ABAB (loose)
Enjambment's purpose in 'The Swing'
Enjambment's purpose in 'The Swing'
Conveys speaker's emotional turmoil
What does 'frail' actually refer to? (transferred epithet)
What does 'frail' actually refer to? (transferred epithet)
The baby, not the swing
Swing as metaphor represents
Swing as metaphor represents
Life & light between darkness (womb to death)
Key theme explored in stanzas 7-9
Key theme explored in stanzas 7-9
Absence as presence
'the coldness of my creed' suggests
'the coldness of my creed' suggests
Speaker's lack of religious belief/comfort
'empty seat' symbolises
'empty seat' symbolises
Absence of unborn child who will never be born