, creates a
slightly sad , philosophical tone before the poem begins
.
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impersonality of life .
of life asa train
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tone
all
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thrown
lack of control together
who travel without
by chance randomness of lifes fate .
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travelling not [ -
arriving human ; continuous search for
meaning or understanding
.
arriving who read the whispers
can
slows pace ~
metaphor : hidden
thoughts , emotions , fears desires (secrecy + quietness)
,
18 of mind inner
thoughts confusing
:
your of human
highlights complexity
mind.
when
1 they
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understand themselves from ?
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rhetorical question forces reader to reflect
TONE SHIFT
and communication.
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(Though
emotional intimacy
you open a windowvulnerabilities
the chambers of
depth. in
your
heart, emotions + private
feelings .
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strive to but
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·
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humans
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forever
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reinforces title melancholict reflective tune
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atendedetaphor individuality
*
human isolation *
ppl can never
fullyother ~
everyone
has a
private
enjambment creates flowing like
·
movement understand each . inner self .
·
emphasises shared human experience a
journey *
limits of communication
reader temphasise
life rhetorical question
Languageunderstandieepression
shows humans travels
through engages
·
~
·
passengers remain strangers uncertainty .
· creates reflective mood repetition reinforces central idea
, Themes
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taking risks
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in
danger of
looking ·
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truth
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·
acknowledgement. that sometimes human endeavour
doesn'
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succeed
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meaning speaker
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assumes once
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6
4.
5
risk .
above the heads
of his audience
S
.
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ice
rime frost
high symbolises the climbs
or
≥ wire on
.
8
dangerous journey of to a
high wire of his own
making
watch
a truth-seeking and
balancing on
eyebeams a
spotlights the or
gaze
of audience as
they performance.
이 above a sea of faces
11 his
way
"
paces
the other side of
~
ballet
day
leaps
entrechats & imagery suggests poet's reliance specific techniques
1污
performing
.
on .
tricks
∞ and
sleight-of-foot ,play on
phrase 'sleigh of hand'
meaning a trick or
theatrics deception ; magical steps which can't be
and other
high
seen .
IS .
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writing poetry is a
Poetry involves performancea illusions poet must remain truthful
て 。
careful
balancing act . .
. anything .
18 for what it not be
may
by necessity inevitably suggests poet
.
19 For he's the realist
or , is
compelled
super truth when it involves risks.
to
taking
.
see +
express even
ㄻ who must perforce perceive
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sound
before the taking each
.
of stance
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step
in his advance
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와 toward that still higher perch
IS beauty
wher stands and waits
illusive ideal ~ double
meaning
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that the poet seeks :
alluring trishy
with
gravity
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to start her
death-defying leap
28 . And he spelled wrong (Charlie) - > shows British
slangused Charlie .
: foolish
person
釿 a
little
charleychaplin man
3O who not catch
may may
. or
J" her fair external form
R suggest vulnerability and
Q spreadeagled in the
empty air
precautiousness .
ofexistence.
J3 .
·
Poetry's pursuit of beauty may fail. It's
only in
risking failure that the poet has a chance to capture 'beauty't 'truth'
·
Ambiguity single sentence leaves reader in
+ amazement o like wonder from
watching acrobatics .
Structure
-
Illustrates a
tightrope
-
Lines
go
left to
right -
shakey rope
∆
-
Enjambment
.
slightly sad , philosophical tone before the poem begins
.
Despit human connection (
StrangersForever suggests permanence ,
this separation
people remain emotionally+
, can never
fully disappear .
to
pshycologically unknown .
to all
Each of us Humanity compared passengerS ,lifepassenger
~ doesn't control destination
applies
People are on a
journey through
reflects life's
uncertainly
is a
passenger
huge- Symbolises
Semotional
seated in one world or human existence
distance still exists.
Extended metaphor compartment Emphasise vastness +
impersonality of life .
of life asa train
5
going do not know where
we
uncertainly abt life/death/future philosophical :
tone
all
strangers remain
strangers-
thrown
lack of control together
who travel without
by chance randomness of lifes fate .
Paradox :
travelling not [ -
arriving human ; continuous search for
meaning or understanding
.
arriving who read the whispers
can
slows pace ~
metaphor : hidden
thoughts , emotions , fears desires (secrecy + quietness)
,
18 of mind inner
thoughts confusing
:
your of human
highlights complexity
mind.
when
1 they
People don' fully are hidden :
understand themselves from ?
even
you ·
rhetorical question forces reader to reflect
TONE SHIFT
and communication.
Heatpresented
(Though
emotional intimacy
you open a windowvulnerabilities
the chambers of
depth. in
your
heart, emotions + private
feelings .
{ though language
strive to but
} express emotions
communication
·
difficult
is ⑲
you say effort struggle
humans
is limited.
try
what feel
you
and in the
striving/ reach
{
connection is possible effort
·
to some extent .
a state of
understanding ~
partial understanding achieved.
there
}
is still one part Repetition Emphasise importance
:
(small) part hidden)
tiny but significant ,
20 one
Isomething will always remain
that remains
your own] individuality & privacy- self cannot completely be shared.
Tonewew
inner
{
STRONG DICTION one part
philosophical
E
that neithe T
anyone else
-even closest people cannot
fully know another person.
reflective
impossibility '
nor
will melancholic
penetrate . into someone's inner being
ever
-
entering .
thoughtful
forever
ㄻ
strangers .
besides relationships ,
humans remain
~
Creates impact isolated.
reinforces title melancholict reflective tune
Themes
Siality * .
atendedetaphor individuality
*
human isolation *
ppl can never
fullyother ~
everyone
has a
private
enjambment creates flowing like
·
movement understand each . inner self .
·
emphasises shared human experience a
journey *
limits of communication
reader temphasise
life rhetorical question
Languageunderstandieepression
shows humans travels
through engages
·
~
·
passengers remain strangers uncertainty .
· creates reflective mood repetition reinforces central idea
, Themes
Constantly risking absurdity Importance of
taking risks
elnsivenewriting i
art of
pre g
w
in
danger of
looking ·
e
truth
· ridiculous seeking
·
acknowledgement. that sometimes human endeavour
doesn'
l
succeed
"
Constantly risking absurdity
and death Lack of
고 Reader takes double
meaning speaker
:
assumes once
Punctuation . introduced line
3. acrobat is the wheneve he performs ~ -
6
4.
5
risk .
above the heads
of his audience
S
.
G the poet like an acrobat "rhyme"
ice
rime frost
high symbolises the climbs
or
≥ wire on
.
8
dangerous journey of to a
high wire of his own
making
watch
a truth-seeking and
balancing on
eyebeams a
spotlights the or
gaze
of audience as
they performance.
이 above a sea of faces
11 his
way
"
paces
the other side of
~
ballet
day
leaps
entrechats & imagery suggests poet's reliance specific techniques
1污
performing
.
on .
tricks
∞ and
sleight-of-foot ,play on
phrase 'sleigh of hand'
meaning a trick or
theatrics deception ; magical steps which can't be
and other
high
seen .
IS .
16 and all withou mistaking
writing poetry is a
Poetry involves performancea illusions poet must remain truthful
て 。
careful
balancing act . .
. anything .
18 for what it not be
may
by necessity inevitably suggests poet
.
19 For he's the realist
or , is
compelled
super truth when it involves risks.
to
taking
.
see +
express even
ㄻ who must perforce perceive
리 Alliteration + careful't' taut truth
sound
before the taking each
.
of stance
리 or
step
in his advance
㉓ supposed
와 toward that still higher perch
IS beauty
wher stands and waits
illusive ideal ~ double
meaning
26 .
that the poet seeks :
alluring trishy
with
gravity
ㅉ
to start her
death-defying leap
28 . And he spelled wrong (Charlie) - > shows British
slangused Charlie .
: foolish
person
釿 a
little
charleychaplin man
3O who not catch
may may
. or
J" her fair external form
R suggest vulnerability and
Q spreadeagled in the
empty air
precautiousness .
ofexistence.
J3 .
·
Poetry's pursuit of beauty may fail. It's
only in
risking failure that the poet has a chance to capture 'beauty't 'truth'
·
Ambiguity single sentence leaves reader in
+ amazement o like wonder from
watching acrobatics .
Structure
-
Illustrates a
tightrope
-
Lines
go
left to
right -
shakey rope
∆
-
Enjambment
.
