Poetry Quotations Flashcards
Repetition of a word that shows unify in SS
“Vee share”
An unusual simile from SS
“Like we rowing through putney”
Repetition of a word from SS that suggests he is proud of her
“My bride”
A metaphor from SS to describe his wife as dangerous and cute
“Tiny eyes ov a gun/ And di tummy of a teddy”
Lively language from SS to show his wife swears
“She effing at my mum”
Personification of weather from WS
“The clouds had given their all”
Personification of earth’s desperation from WS
“The waterlogged earth/ Gulping for breath”
Metaphor from WS that show the couple keep things hidden from each other
“Icebergs of white feather”
Simile from WS that shows its been a tough time in their relationship
“Like boats righting in rough water”
A metaphor from WS to show that reflects that their relationship will have these qualities
“Porcelain over the stilling water”
3 quotes from BYWM that is a reminder of the distance in time
“I am ten years away”
“Im not here yet”
“The decade ahead”
Repetition of a word from BYWM which empathises the energetic qualities the mum had
“And”
Quote to show that the narrator was a demanding baby fromBYWM
“‘My loud, possessive yell”
Quote to show that she compares her mum like Marilyn Monroe BYWM
“Your polka-dot dress blows round your legs. Marilyn”
repetition of the title from BYWM
“Before you were mine”
