Box Room (Scottish Highers English): Flashcards
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Box room definition
Box room definition
Small storage space in British houses, later used as bedrooms
Rhyme scheme in 'Box Room'
Rhyme scheme in 'Box Room'
Rhyming couplets throughout (pairs of consecutive rhyming lines)
Tone in stanza 1
Tone in stanza 1
Defiant and sarcastic
Tone in stanza 2
Tone in stanza 2
Doubt and uncertainty
What 'pathetic shrine' refers to
What 'pathetic shrine' refers to
Box room as mother's preserved shrine to son's childhood
When rhyme scheme breaks
When rhyme scheme breaks
Lines about sharing single bed - suggests flawed relationship
Egg collection symbolism
Egg collection symbolism
Boyfriend's previous relationships
Oxymoron in poem
Oxymoron in poem
'Your past a premonition' - past predicts future
Why mother capitalizes 'Friend'
Why mother capitalizes 'Friend'
To diminish relationship, calling speaker just a friend not GF
'Peace to unpack' repetition shows
'Peace to unpack' repetition shows
Contrast: stanza 1 confident, stanza 2 no peace found