Why Do You Stay Up So Late? (Scottish Highers English): Flashcards
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Author & dedicatee of poem
Author & dedicatee of poem
Don Paterson; written for his son Russell
Central analogy in the poem
Central analogy in the poem
Selecting pebbles = selecting ideas for poetry
Poem's structure (lines & stanzas)
Poem's structure (lines & stanzas)
16 lines in two 8-line stanzas
Definition of metapoetry
Definition of metapoetry
Poetry that explores the act of writing poetry itself
Effect of sibilance in stanza 1
Effect of sibilance in stanza 1
Recreates sound of waves washing over shore
Pronoun shift between stanzas
Pronoun shift between stanzas
'You' in stanza 1 shifts to 'I' in stanza 2
Volta line opening stanza 2
Volta line opening stanza 2
'So I collect the dull things of the day'
'I've no pool to help me tell' means
'I've no pool to help me tell' means
Poet has no quick method to test ideas
'tear' in final lines symbolises
'tear' in final lines symbolises
Difficult & emotional work required for poetry
Three key themes of the poem
Three key themes of the poem
Poetic inspiration, childhood/memory, father-son bond