Comment on the subtlety with which the poet captures the general pattern of communication within a family.
Poetic effect is achieved in the poem through understatement and asides. Discuss this with examples.
How is the idyllic juxtaposed with the pedestrian in the poem?
Explain the undertones in the statement:
'Wife and husband in unusual rapport
State one unspoken thought':
Comment on the capitalisation of all the words in the line:
'Children Must be Disciplined'.
What makes the urgency of the child's demand seem logical?
Comment on the subtlety with which the poet captures the general pattern of communication within a family.
Poetic effect is achieved in the poem through understatement and asides. Discuss this with examples.
How is the idyllic juxtaposed with the pedestrian in the poem?
Explain the undertones in the statement:
'Wife and husband in unusual rapport
State one unspoken thought':
Comment on the capitalisation of all the words in the line:
'Children Must be Disciplined'.
What makes the urgency of the child's demand seem logical?
Comment on the subtlety with which the poet captures the general pattern of communication within a family.
Poetic effect is achieved in the poem through understatement and asides. Discuss this with examples.
How is the idyllic juxtaposed with the pedestrian in the poem?
Explain the undertones in the statement:
'Wife and husband in unusual rapport
State one unspoken thought':
Comment on the capitalisation of all the words in the line:
'Children Must be Disciplined'.
What makes the urgency of the child's demand seem logical?