Aunt Julia (Stanza Three and Four) - Norman MacCaig
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- aunt julia - stanzas three and four
- 'hers was the only house'
- tells us that the poet was only comfortable sleeping in the dark in her aunts house
- hers emphasises how important she was to him
- 'in the absolute darkness of a box bed, listening to crickets being friendly'
- to kids, darkness is scary. in his aunts house darkness isn't scary but instead comforting
- the box bed suggests that he feels cozy, safe and comforted
- crickets being friendly tells us that he is enjoying the sounds of the natural world, away from the city
- 'she was buckets and water flouncing into them'
- to him, his aunt seems larger than life and is connected to the elements
- 'she was winds pouring wetly round house-ends'
- 'she was brown eggs, black skirts and a keeper of threepennybits in a teapot'
- the fact that she kept money in a teapot showed that she was frugal and made use of what she had
- brown eggs tells us that she had her own chickens
- her black skirt tells us that she was practical and didn't care about how she looked
- another way of saying that she was connected to the elements
- she was completely at home in the natural world and wasn't bothered by the wind or the air
- 'she was brown eggs, black skirts and a keeper of threepennybits in a teapot'
- flouncing gives us the impression that she was moving with meaning
- 'she was winds pouring wetly round house-ends'
- 'she was brown eggs, black skirts and a keeper of threepennybits in a teapot'
- the fact that she kept money in a teapot showed that she was frugal and made use of what she had
- brown eggs tells us that she had her own chickens
- her black skirt tells us that she was practical and didn't care about how she looked
- another way of saying that she was connected to the elements
- she was completely at home in the natural world and wasn't bothered by the wind or the air
- 'she was brown eggs, black skirts and a keeper of threepennybits in a teapot'
- the metaphors describing Julia
- describe her as a person
- as well as describing her as a person, the metaphors are symbols for the lost way of how she lived
- despite the way his aunt works, the young MacCaig admires that style of life
- 'hers was the only house'
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