Box Room (Scottish Highers English): Quizzes
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In the poem, what does the box room represent?
In the poem, what does the box room represent?
Boyfriend's preserved childhood bedroom
How many stanzas does the poem have and what do they reflect?
How many stanzas does the poem have and what do they reflect?
2 stanzas mirroring emotional shift
What rhyme scheme is used throughout most of the poem?
What rhyme scheme is used throughout most of the poem?
Rhyming couplets (aabbcc)
Which lines break the rhyme pattern and what does this suggest?
Which lines break the rhyme pattern and what does this suggest?
Lines about sharing bed; flawed relat.
What does the speaker call the box room in stanza one?
What does the speaker call the box room in stanza one?
A 'pathetic shrine'
What is the tone of the first stanza?
What is the tone of the first stanza?
Defiant and sarcastic
What is 'Your past a premonition' an example of?
What is 'Your past a premonition' an example of?
Oxymoron (contradictory terms)
How is fear described in the second stanza?
How is fear described in the second stanza?
Personified as elbowing the speaker
What do the books with 'plots grown thin' symbolize?
What do the books with 'plots grown thin' symbolize?
Previous relationships that ended
What double meaning does 'shatters me' contain?
What double meaning does 'shatters me' contain?
Eggs breaking & emotional devastation