History - John Burnside
Sente Quotation Theme Analysis Device
nce/
Line
1/1 ‘Today’ Mix of past and present in poem.
Both tenses are grammatically
used.
1/2 ‘flew the kites’ Child imagery. Past
1/3 ‘spinning off’ Like the planes flying out of control
when they hit the twin towers.
Loss of control. Beginning of
extended metaphor comparing
kites to planes.
1/3 ‘ribbons’ Pretty, decorative but also fragile
and on war medals.
1/4 ‘that gasoline ‘that’ makes it precise. Pollution vs Olfactory
smell’ nature like in Chainsaw and Nine imagery
Year Old Self.
1/4 ‘Leuchars’ RAF base near St Andrews
1/4 ‘gusting’ Slight language of violence
1/7 ‘quail-grey’ Imagery of life contrasted with Oxymoron
death, like in The Gun
1/8 ‘people’ Only word on the line physically
shows its isolation. Suggests how
the ‘people’ have become
distrusting of one another. This is
emphasised by the vagueness of
the word.
1/10 ‘war planes ‘Kites’ replaced by ‘war planes’.
cambered and Shows growing up and loss of
turned’ innocence.
1/11 ‘morning’ Symbolic of youth - start of a day.
Could also be a pun on ‘mourning’.
Great gatsby final line
1/12 ‘today’ Links back to the first line
1/13- ‘-with...come-’ Dashes show the intrusive thought.
14
1/15 ‘knelt down in the Could show despair. Alternatively
sand’ there is religious imagery - praying
for the future. Similar to Giuseppe
as there is also religious and sea
imagery.
1/16 ‘with Lucas’ Visual pun like ‘Yields doubled.’ in Sounds the
The Lammas Hireling as there are same?
two words on the line to represent
Sente Quotation Theme Analysis Device
nce/
Line
1/1 ‘Today’ Mix of past and present in poem.
Both tenses are grammatically
used.
1/2 ‘flew the kites’ Child imagery. Past
1/3 ‘spinning off’ Like the planes flying out of control
when they hit the twin towers.
Loss of control. Beginning of
extended metaphor comparing
kites to planes.
1/3 ‘ribbons’ Pretty, decorative but also fragile
and on war medals.
1/4 ‘that gasoline ‘that’ makes it precise. Pollution vs Olfactory
smell’ nature like in Chainsaw and Nine imagery
Year Old Self.
1/4 ‘Leuchars’ RAF base near St Andrews
1/4 ‘gusting’ Slight language of violence
1/7 ‘quail-grey’ Imagery of life contrasted with Oxymoron
death, like in The Gun
1/8 ‘people’ Only word on the line physically
shows its isolation. Suggests how
the ‘people’ have become
distrusting of one another. This is
emphasised by the vagueness of
the word.
1/10 ‘war planes ‘Kites’ replaced by ‘war planes’.
cambered and Shows growing up and loss of
turned’ innocence.
1/11 ‘morning’ Symbolic of youth - start of a day.
Could also be a pun on ‘mourning’.
Great gatsby final line
1/12 ‘today’ Links back to the first line
1/13- ‘-with...come-’ Dashes show the intrusive thought.
14
1/15 ‘knelt down in the Could show despair. Alternatively
sand’ there is religious imagery - praying
for the future. Similar to Giuseppe
as there is also religious and sea
imagery.
1/16 ‘with Lucas’ Visual pun like ‘Yields doubled.’ in Sounds the
The Lammas Hireling as there are same?
two words on the line to represent
