Ghazal (Leaving Cert English): Flashcards

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Author of 'Ghazal'

Tracy K. Smith

Collection & year of 'Ghazal'

Wade in the Water, 2018

Repeated refrain in 'Ghazal'

our name

Central theme of 'Ghazal'

Reclaiming identity after historical erasure

Sky description (Stanza 1)

dry pitiless white

History metaphor (Stanza 2)

A ship forever setting sail

Suffering imagery (Stanza 2)

mountains of men, oceans of bone

How name dispersed (Stanza 4)

blown from tree to tree, scattered by the breeze

Voice progression (Stanza 5)

moan to growl, growl to a hound's low bray

Repeated word for name (Stanza 6)

fraught

Poetic form of 'Ghazal'

Traditional ghazal with self-contained couplets

Radif in ghazal form

A repeated phrase

Symbolism of 'our name'

African-American identity & collective memory

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