Gillian Clarke - Anorexic mindmap
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- Created on: 24-04-14 09:26
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- Anorexic
- "Before there was a word for it, was fussy with her food."
- dates the poem back to a time before mental illnesses were common.
- "What I remember's"
- Childlike way of speaking indicates lack of literacy due to her age.
- "The standing gold."
- Implies wealth and the cream's worth. Typical convention of G.C poetry is the use of colours
- "Breath held, tongue between teeth"
- Shows her concentration and her eagerness to please. Also shows her yearning to help her Aunt.
- The Earth's deep, ungleaming water table"
- Reference to nature - typical convention of G.C poetry. The water is used as a metaphor as it feeds and keeps the earth alive just as the cream could keep her Aunt alive.
- "Stockings, a slip, a Chinese kimono"
- TRIAD. Glamorous and entirely different from the traditional Welsh woman, which is impressive to the young girl.
- "Before there was a word for it, was fussy with her food."
- Reference to nature - typical convention of G.C poetry. The water is used as a metaphor as it feeds and keeps the earth alive just as the cream could keep her Aunt alive.
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