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monologue of a
childhood memory.
REVELATION
Something is to be understood;
we are to receive so kind of
information that suddenly
becomes clear.
Something mysterious/
indistinct inside building.
Child not sure what it is.
Synaesthesia- hot
reek mixing two
senses.Good build
up mixture of
girls emotions
and senses.
Onomatopoeia
trampling suggests
powerful and
restless.
clanking- harsh
aggressive sound.
Word choice
connotations of
uncontainable/thr
eatening.
Alliteration
threatening/dominant.
Word
choice:
violent
motion
suggests
violence of
bull.
Word choice
swivelleda
horrifying image
the
bull
looking around
wildly.
Tossed
head
suggests
bulls lack of
control.
Alliteration soft
f
sounds,
contrast to the r
associated with the
bull.
Onomatopoeia
tinkling as
opposed to
clanking.
Tinkling is a
gentle kind word.
Festive evokes
ideas of
happiness, a
party.
Onomatopoeia roared
and alliteration of roared
his rage are used to
suggest the bull is full of
violence.
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the capital B
and M
highlighting
the size of the
bull.
Word Choice
antidote,
usually a cure,
here it means
opposing
value or belief,
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We see now what the poet always half knew existed the violent
uncontrolled actions of the male (bull), and the calm easy going
attitude of the female (hens). She now has new knowledge of the
world a revelation.
Personification of
pigtails thumping
in fear this also
shows the extent of
her terror.
Sentence structure
first phrase, short
emphasizing
the
girls fear.
females do not.
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