English Literature Poetry - Nettles
- Created by: Laura J Thomas - Team GR
- Created on: 31-03-13 09:05
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- Nettles
- 'My'
- autobiographical
- 'fell in the nettle bed'
- creates sympathy
- 'fell'
- clumsy; not the boys fault - protective of son
- 'green spears'
- weaponry
- 'spite'
- personification; bad
- 'watery'
- was crying
- 'tender skin'
- young; fragile
- 'soothed'
- gentle
- 'We'
- parents
- 'took my billhook'
- internal rhyme; emphasises the angry action
- 'The boy'
- young
- 'sobs and tears'
- upset
- 'came seeking comfort'
- close to father
- 'honed' 'slashed '
- dynamic verbs
- 'slashed in fury'
- caring - doesn't like son getting hurt
- 'funeral'
- personification
- 'burn the fallen dead'
- ensure it won't happen again; reference to war
- 'recruits'
- army
- 'My son'
- repetiion
- 'sun and rain'
- good and bad things have effects
- 'behind the shed'
- cannot see it; hidden
- 'My son would often feel sharp wounds again'
- parents cannot constantly protext child
- 'spite' 'shed'
- sibilance
- 'My'
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