It's Not (Leaving Cert English): Flashcards
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Author of 'It's Not'
Author of 'It's Not'
Tracy K. Smith
What collection contains 'It's Not'?
What collection contains 'It's Not'?
Life on Mars (2011)
Prize won by Life on Mars
Prize won by Life on Mars
Pulitzer Prize
Main subject of 'It's Not'
Main subject of 'It's Not'
Death of Smith's father; loss, grief, meaning after death
Line personifying death's thinking
Line personifying death's thinking
'Death was thinking what it owed him'
'Ride beyond the body' suggests
'Ride beyond the body' suggests
Death as transition, not ending
Biblical phrase used in poem
Biblical phrase used in poem
'Seek and ye shall find'
'Swimming only through this life' means
'Swimming only through this life' means
Death as graceful, fluid continuation
'White cloud of his hair' represents
'White cloud of his hair' represents
Memory & lingering presence of father
Verse form of 'It's Not'
Verse form of 'It's Not'
Free verse
Number of stanzas in poem
Number of stanzas in poem
Four stanzas of varying lengths
Effect of enjambment in poem
Effect of enjambment in poem
Conversational tone & continuous flow
Tone shifts in poem
Tone shifts in poem
Practical/domestic to philosophical/abstract
Effect of personifying death
Effect of personifying death
Makes death feel intimate & formidable, character-like
Death portrayed as (not severance but)
Death portrayed as (not severance but)
Continuation or transformation