What Life is Really Like by Beverly Rycroft (Grade 12 NSC Matric English FAL): Flashcards
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Award 'Missing' won in 2013
Award 'Missing' won in 2013
Ingrid Jonker Award
Personal experience influencing Rycroft's poetry
Personal experience influencing Rycroft's poetry
Stage 3 breast cancer diagnosis
Form & verse type of 'What Life is Really Like'
Form & verse type of 'What Life is Really Like'
Lyrical poem in free verse
Number of stanzas and lines in poem
Number of stanzas and lines in poem
8 stanzas, 43 lines
Father's repeated message to daughter
Father's repeated message to daughter
'you need to toughen up'
Theme: fate striking in the poem
Theme: fate striking in the poem
Fate can strike anyone anytime, regardless of preparation
What the injured pigeon symbolises
What the injured pigeon symbolises
Vulnerability and need for care
Metaphor for surgery impact (line 38)
Metaphor for surgery impact (line 38)
Bulldozer
Central irony of the poem
Central irony of the poem
Father's gentle care helped more than harsh preparation
Tone progression through poem
Tone progression through poem
Serious/cautionary → anxious/fearful → gentle/caring