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Brooklyn cop Question and answers already passed 2024 Brooklyn Cop - Key Quotes "Built like a gorilla but less timid" - correct answer Simile - to compare cop to a gorilla - primitive, aggressive, physically strong and intimidating. MacCaig's tone can be read jokily, implying the cop is even ...

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Brooklyn Cop - Key Quotes
"Built like a gorilla but less timid" - correct answer ✔Simile - to compare cop
to a gorilla - primitive, aggressive, physically strong and intimidating.
MacCaig's tone can be read jokily, implying the cop is even less timid than a
not very timid gorilla. Image repeated as metaphor - strengthened image. His
job has changed him.


"thick fleshed, steak-coloured" - correct answer ✔The policeman is then
described as being tough on the inside, too. Word choice of flesh and steak
compare the man to a piece of meat, something raw and uncompromising,
with possible connotations of blood and violence.


"walks the sidewalk and the thin tissue over violence" - correct answer
✔Another key metaphor - this tells us that violence is never far away in the
streets that the man patrols - like tissue, peace is fragile, delicate and can
shatter at any moment. The thin tissue creates a strong contrast to thick flesh.
This suggests that importance of the cop in preventing the thin tissue of
civilisation from ripping open into disorder.


"hoped it" - correct answer ✔The repetition goes some way in stressing the
danger of his environment, hinting at desperation and contrasting with the
casual dialogue between the policeman and his wife. To the policeman,
saying see you to his wife isn't just a meaningless comment but a genuine
wish, and truly adds authenticity to this.


"He is a gorilla" - correct answer ✔MacCaig ends the stanza by repeating the
gorilla image from the opening line. Instead of a simile saying the cop is like a
gorilla, a metaphor is used, making the comparison stronger.


"Whamburger" - correct answer ✔The language that MacCaig uses, at times,
helps to root the poem in New York. The word Whamburger has American

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