UNIQUE NUMBER
613503
QUESTION 1
1.1) The speaker has not been able to rest or enjoy anything because he has been
overthinking and overanalysing everything around him and everything he does.
He is having a hard time seeing things as they are, and he would rather try and
complicate them. I make this analysis through the speaker saying in stanza 2
that he is “not in a botanical outburst of fecundity excusing my own accountable
excess” (line 16 – 18)
1.2) Stanza 3 tells us that the speaker is getting onto his “bicycle” (line 25) and he
is going “down the hill” (line 26) passing colourless “shops” (line 29) and
“streets” (line 29) which is keeping his focus on riding to the sun where he will
finally rest.
1.3) This yellow sign is rallying up excitement within the speaker and he loses sight
of his initial journey to “head for the sun” (line 37) to go and “rest, by creations
insentient kin” (line 39 – 40). He realises that making metaphors from his
surroundings gives him happiness and some sort of “sense” (line 46).
2) We encounter a number of repeated sounds throughout the poem. One
example can be found in stanza 1, “sink back in the soft mesh of the sun” (line
3 – 4). Another example can be found in stanza 3, “clean, clear notes of
uncluttered, utilitarian birdspeak” (line 20 – 21). This poetic devise is seen as
alliteration and plays a role in the rhythm and rhyme of the poem. By repeating
certain sounds, the poet is trying to combine a certain meaning to the poem.
These repeated sounds creates rhyme and a music like effect which makes
reading the poem more attractive and appealing.
3) There is a number of different devices that the poet can use to incorporate
rhyme into the poem. In the previous answer I established that the poet uses
alliteration which helps to create rhyme within the poem. He also makes use of
assonance which can be seen in stanza 1 “of my niggling search for pretentious
sense” (line 11 – 12). Assonance happens when the poet uses the same vowel
sounds repeatedly. These sounds within the words will be found close together
within the poem. Through using the “e” sound repeatedly as mentioned he
creates a sort of rhythm within the poem. Another example of assonance can
be found in stanza 2, “listen to a bird singing” (line 19). In line 19 the poet uses
the I vowel to create a sort of soft cheerful rhyme.
613503
QUESTION 1
1.1) The speaker has not been able to rest or enjoy anything because he has been
overthinking and overanalysing everything around him and everything he does.
He is having a hard time seeing things as they are, and he would rather try and
complicate them. I make this analysis through the speaker saying in stanza 2
that he is “not in a botanical outburst of fecundity excusing my own accountable
excess” (line 16 – 18)
1.2) Stanza 3 tells us that the speaker is getting onto his “bicycle” (line 25) and he
is going “down the hill” (line 26) passing colourless “shops” (line 29) and
“streets” (line 29) which is keeping his focus on riding to the sun where he will
finally rest.
1.3) This yellow sign is rallying up excitement within the speaker and he loses sight
of his initial journey to “head for the sun” (line 37) to go and “rest, by creations
insentient kin” (line 39 – 40). He realises that making metaphors from his
surroundings gives him happiness and some sort of “sense” (line 46).
2) We encounter a number of repeated sounds throughout the poem. One
example can be found in stanza 1, “sink back in the soft mesh of the sun” (line
3 – 4). Another example can be found in stanza 3, “clean, clear notes of
uncluttered, utilitarian birdspeak” (line 20 – 21). This poetic devise is seen as
alliteration and plays a role in the rhythm and rhyme of the poem. By repeating
certain sounds, the poet is trying to combine a certain meaning to the poem.
These repeated sounds creates rhyme and a music like effect which makes
reading the poem more attractive and appealing.
3) There is a number of different devices that the poet can use to incorporate
rhyme into the poem. In the previous answer I established that the poet uses
alliteration which helps to create rhyme within the poem. He also makes use of
assonance which can be seen in stanza 1 “of my niggling search for pretentious
sense” (line 11 – 12). Assonance happens when the poet uses the same vowel
sounds repeatedly. These sounds within the words will be found close together
within the poem. Through using the “e” sound repeatedly as mentioned he
creates a sort of rhythm within the poem. Another example of assonance can
be found in stanza 2, “listen to a bird singing” (line 19). In line 19 the poet uses
the I vowel to create a sort of soft cheerful rhyme.
