A Child to his Sick Grandfather
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- Created on: 25-05-17 16:21
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- A Child to His Sick Grandfather
- Form
- 8 sextets
- stanza with 6 lines
- regular rhyme
- Breaks down at end
- Grandfather dead
- Breaks down at end
- 8 sextets
- Structure
- Starts with grandfather as adult
- Role reversal
- Ends with child as adult
- Role reversal
- Starts with grandfather as adult
- Language
- Repetition of 'dad'
- Close relationship
- 'fire turns blue'
- Shows the grandfather is near death
- Caring actions
- 'stroke my head'
- 'lead you kindly by the hand'
- Denial
- 'you will not die'
- Reminder he is still a child
- Tells stories
- Still child
- 'wondrous tale'
- Reassure himself
- Repetition of 'dad'
- Context
- Female Romantic poet
- Form
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