Old Highland Woman (Scottish Highers English): Flashcards
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Verse form used in poem
Verse form used in poem
Free verse
Tone created by free verse form
Tone created by free verse form
Conversational, intimate
Metaphor: 'Her people assembled in her bones'
Metaphor: 'Her people assembled in her bones'
Ancestors & culture part of physical being
Woman described as 'their summation' means
Woman described as 'their summation' means
Total/complete expression of her culture
Number of lines in each stanza
Number of lines in each stanza
6, 6, 10
Two repeated words in stanza 3
Two repeated words in stanza 3
'relishing' and 'that once'
Simile comparing woman's hands to what?
Simile comparing woman's hands to what?
Holy psalms
What has woman lost over time?
What has woman lost over time?
Faith and Gaelic psalm singing
Opening image showing confinement
Opening image showing confinement
Sits 'all day by the fire'
Paradox of woman's isolation
Paradox of woman's isolation
Alone physically but embodies whole community