Sorting Through (Scottish Highers English): Flashcards
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Form of 'Sorting Through'
Form of 'Sorting Through'
Free verse, single stanza, no regular pattern
Effect of enjambment in poem
Effect of enjambment in poem
Mirrors disjointed, non-linear nature of grief & memory
Opening phrase of poem
Opening phrase of poem
'The moment she died' - stark, direct
What memory involves (theme)
What memory involves (theme)
Imagination & reconstruction, not just direct recall
Sibilance example in poem
Sibilance example in poem
'silver shoes/ swinging' - light, musical quality
What are 'liquid stockings'?
What are 'liquid stockings'?
1940s makeup painted on legs to look like stockings
Personification of clothes example
Personification of clothes example
'sadness of dispossessed dresses' - clothes seem alive
What are 'danders'?
What are 'danders'?
Tiny fragments of human skin (in dust)
Final phrase about grief
Final phrase about grief
'will not neatly end' - memories persist through objects
Three main themes
Three main themes
Grief and loss, Memory, Identity