Letters to Glasgow (Scottish Highers English): Flashcards
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Train journey as metaphor in 'Letters to Glasgow'
Train journey as metaphor in 'Letters to Glasgow'
Extended metaphor for life's journey
What 'Letters to Glasgow' title refers to
What 'Letters to Glasgow' title refers to
The people themselves, not actual letters
Three main themes in 'Letters to Glasgow'
Three main themes in 'Letters to Glasgow'
Change, memory & time, power of emotions/human experience
Structure: lines & stanzas in poem
Structure: lines & stanzas in poem
73 lines in 25 stanzas (24 have 3 lines, 1 has 1 line)
Poem that inspired 'Letters to Glasgow'
Poem that inspired 'Letters to Glasgow'
W.H. Auden's 'Night Mail' (1936)
Opening line of 'Letters to Glasgow'
Opening line of 'Letters to Glasgow'
'Heading north is a leap of the heart'
Central simile: meeting stranger on train is like...
Central simile: meeting stranger on train is like...
Opening an unexpected letter
Train described as this in poem
Train described as this in poem
A 'memory-keeper' that carries something alive
Heilanman's Umbrella in Glasgow
Heilanman's Umbrella in Glasgow
Glass bridge; shelter for displaced Highlanders
Final image: passengers compared to...
Final image: passengers compared to...
'Love letters, delivered home'