Landscape and I (Scottish Highers English): Flashcards
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Number of stanzas in poem
Number of stanzas in poem
Six quatrains (four-line stanzas)
Rhyme scheme in each stanza
Rhyme scheme in each stanza
AAAB (first 3 lines rhyme, 4th different)
How nature presented in poem
How nature presented in poem
Active communicator, not passive backdrop
Shell metaphor meaning
Shell metaphor meaning
Nature communicates quietly - 'Murmurs of oceans'
'Hieroglyphs of light' meaning
'Hieroglyphs of light' meaning
Nature's messages needing decoding like ancient symbols
What Schiehallion represents
What Schiehallion represents
Synecdoche - part (mountain) represents whole (all nature)
Hawk's role in poem
Hawk's role in poem
Shows nature's duality - violence/predation with beauty
Final imperative to reader
Final imperative to reader
'Climb it' - actively engage w/ nature, not passively observe
'The meaning of the meaning' shows
'The meaning of the meaning' shows
Layers of understanding; depth & complexity requiring effort
Three central themes
Three central themes
Communication, man's place in nature, meaning & identity