Box Room Stanza 2
- Created by: ChloeAmanda
- Created on: 24-01-15 17:17
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- Box Room Stanza 2
- 'peace to unpack' 'found none' the mother left her alone giving her time to reflect on her relationship
- Box room becomes more claustrophobic
- Walls are 'dun-coloured' with 'one small window'.
- Feels like a prison cell, sense of unease
- Lochhead tries to work out what is causing this feeling 'What can I blame/for my unrest?
- Sense of panic
- 'narrow bed'
- Feels like a prison cell, sense of unease
- Walls are 'dun-coloured' with 'one small window'.
- 'persistent fear/elbows me'
- 'elbows me' use of enjambment makes it seem shocking.
- Reader becomes aware of the panic
- Looking for her sense of fear
- 'elbows me' use of enjambment makes it seem shocking.
- 'but where do I fit into the picture?'
- Use of question mark shows Lochhead is experiencing growing doubts.
- Although she refers to the boyfriend as 'you', the questions are to herself and not him
- Use of question mark shows Lochhead is experiencing growing doubts.
- 'previous prizes'
- juxtapose her boyfriend's previous life
- Thinks of herself as something she has won and is likely to be discarded
- 'plots grown thin'
- Boyfriend is getting bored of his prizes
- 'plots grown thin'
- 'your egg collection shatters me'
- 'precarious position' she will eventually become an abandoned object.
- 'your a past premonition'
- Conflict of the past & present.
- 'can't close her eyes to'
- Obession with time; mother too
- They're both obsessed with the past and upset by change.
- Obession with time; mother too
- 'shivering'
- Fear of anxiety
- 'deceptive mildness'
- Nicesness of the situation she's in, in terms of mother's friendliness and her relationship.
- 'deceptive' suggests it is not what it seems.
- Nicesness of the situation she's in, in terms of mother's friendliness and her relationship.
- Ends on a depressing a pessimistic tone
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