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Flashcards in walking away Deck (5)
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1
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a sunny day…

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…with leaves just turning

2
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SMILE

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  • pathetic fallacy- the day is becoming worse as his son leaves him
  • endstopped line- he knows this is best for his son and he should stop dwelling on it
  • enjambment- he is talking to his son- personal
  • knows the difference between live & possession
  • rhyming couplets- there is still a link between them despite their physical distance
3
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like a winged seed…

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…loosened from its parents stem

4
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with the pathos of a half fledged thing…

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…set free into a wilderness

5
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how self hood begins with a walking away…

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…and love is proved in the letting go