Lying in a Hammock at William Duffy’s Farm in Pine Island, Minnesota (Leaving Cert English): Flashcards
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Genre of Wright's hammock poem
Genre of Wright's hammock poem
Pastoral poetry
What pastoral poetry celebrates
What pastoral poetry celebrates
Rural life & nature, often contrasts with urban existence
Form of 'Lying in a Hammock'
Form of 'Lying in a Hammock'
Free verse - no regular rhyme scheme or metre
Structure of the hammock poem
Structure of the hammock poem
Single stanza of thirteen lines
Final line of Wright's hammock poem
Final line of Wright's hammock poem
I have wasted my life
Key contrast in Wright's poem
Key contrast in Wright's poem
Natural/rural existence vs modern/urban life
Theme at poem's end
Theme at poem's end
Personal regret and realization
Dominant imagery type in poem
Dominant imagery type in poem
Visual sensory imagery (bronze butterfly, sunlight, etc.)
Alliteration example from poem
Alliteration example from poem
Bronze butterfly
Simile describing butterfly
Simile describing butterfly
Blowing like a leaf in green shadow
Lines flowing without punctuation
Lines flowing without punctuation
Enjambment
Deliberate pauses within lines
Deliberate pauses within lines
Caesura
Poem's progression structure
Poem's progression structure
Observation to reflection to realization