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Summary Poetry Anthology Revision Notes
Edexcel IGCSE English Literature Poetry Anthology Revision
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English Revision Anthology Poems LEPoem Opening Structure Ending
If
Prayer before
Birth
Search for my Violent images. Relates to Lots of commas to signify the loss of the Extended metaphor ‘it grows back … it
tongue language. It is a physical loss. tongue. Enjambment suggests uncertainty blossoms out of my mouth’ suggests that
Start is ignorant and accidental and disjointed thoughts and thinking out the tongue is always there. No longer a
tone about ‘losing my tongue’. load. struggle, it is always there and is beautiful.
It is a stream of conscience signifying the It has been nurtured which is shown in the
search for the tongue. personification.
Half-past two Starts like a story with ‘Once upon Incorrect punctuation suggests the writers ‘He never forgot’ the event resonated with
a’. reminisces childhood school and innocence and a loving relationship at home. him forever. Reminiscent tone suggests
innocence of the writer. It also mirrors the simplistic way of that it was a significant event in his life.
Reminiscent tone. Juxtaposes his understanding time as a child relative to their ‘escaped’ repetitions suggests that he was
secure routine at home with his daily routines. It mirrors the lack of held captive by the teacher because he did
harsh punishment at school. understanding the child has at a young age ‘Something Very Wrong’ that he is unsure
and how children speak. about what it was.
Piano ‘softly’ gentle and the atmosphere ‘flood of remembrance’ everything is
of the dark room. It is said in a powerful in memory. Reminiscent tone ‘I
reminiscent tone where the writer weep like a child in the past’ ironic
felt powerless and graceful. because the writer has lost manhood and
wants childhood because he misses those
days.
Hide and Seek ‘Call Out. Call loud’ are repeated The game of ‘Hide and Seek’ is an extended ‘I’ve won! … I’ve caught you’ suggests that
imperatives that suggest that the metaphor for growing up and the he has finally caught up but is still alone. It
writer has confidence in himself. apprehension the writer faces. shows his childish enthusiasm for wanting
‘hide’ is the idea of blending in and The free verse is inconsistent which suggests to grow up and be a success.
not wanting to stand out. that this poem is a period of transition. ‘darkening’ there is an increasing sense of
‘seek’ is how to grow up becoming The parataxis of short sentences and isolation that the writer is feeling.
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