Living Space Flashcards
What is the main theme?
Lack of opportunity for the poor and celebrates there space
What is the first line?
There are just not enough straight lines
What does the first line suggest?
It is a western adjectival phrase - symbolic of order to show there is no solidity and certainty
What does nails clutch at open seams suggest?
Desperation 1) metal nails or 2) humans nails but “clutch” personified - if it’s torn apart it cannot be fixed or look perfect
What does the whole structure leans dangerously towards the miraculous suggest?
Line physically leans over the rest of the poem. It is somewhat cynical and not welcoming
Why does dharker use embankment?
To emphasise how shocking the abstract noun “miraculous” is
What does someone has squeezed a living space suggest?
Impersonal pronoun - desperation and emphasis that it is not a home
What does the smallest stanza present?
Their standard of living. It is a literal representation (use of mimisis)
What does the use of enjambment show?
An ongoing problem
What does slanted universe suggest?
Unfair and disproportionate
What is the last line?
Bright thin walls of faith - the simile shows their faith but that it’s fragile (still hope and promise of a new life)
