There’s a certain Slant of light (Leaving Cert English): Flashcards
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When does the 'certain Slant of light' occur?
When does the 'certain Slant of light' occur?
Winter afternoons
How does the light affect the speaker (like cathedral tunes)?
How does the light affect the speaker (like cathedral tunes)?
Oppresses/weighs down emotionally
'Heavenly Hurt' meaning
'Heavenly Hurt' meaning
Divine/spiritual pain, paradoxical phrase
Physical evidence left by 'Heavenly Hurt'
Physical evidence left by 'Heavenly Hurt'
No scar - internal only
What is the light called as a mark of sorrow?
What is the light called as a mark of sorrow?
'Seal Despair'
Light as 'imperial affliction' means
Light as 'imperial affliction' means
Powerful, authoritative, unavoidable force
Landscape's response when light arrives
Landscape's response when light arrives
Listens; shadows hold their breath
When light departs, it's like
When light departs, it's like
Distance on the look of Death
Central theme of the poem
Central theme of the poem
Oppression and despair
Theme related to death in poem
Theme related to death in poem
Mortality & inevitability of death
Dickinson's key stylistic device (punctuation)
Dickinson's key stylistic device (punctuation)
Dashes - create pauses, contemplative rhythm
Language device in 'Heavenly Hurt'
Language device in 'Heavenly Hurt'
Paradox - combines divine w/ pain
What is the light compared to (simile)?
What is the light compared to (simile)?
Heft of Cathedral Tunes
Nature's reaction shows which device?
Nature's reaction shows which device?
Personification
Where light creates change in speaker
Where light creates change in speaker
Internal difference, where meanings are