Nostalgia- Carol Ann Duffy
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- Nostalgia
- Stanza 1
- "mercenaries"
- Collective noun: leaving home to fight for money
- "dull crude coins"
- alliteration: is the money worth the pain they are now experiencing?
- "strange"
- pre-modifying adjective: emphasises the unfamilarity of new place - it is unknown
- "mercenaries"
- Stanza 2
- "It was given a name"
- restricted- no freedom/choice
- "hearing tell of it"
- not exposed to the truth- sense of mystery...
- "sweet pain"
- contrasting ideas- Juxtaposition- not always negetive.
- "the music of home-the sad pipes-summoning"
- pace slows down- to make the reader think? Ceasura
- "It was given a name"
- Stanza 3
- "but the word was out"
- Permanant- no going back. Nostalgia- connective/declarative sentence
- "scent of her youth"
- Personification/metephor
- "same street" "same sign" "same bell"
- repetition- Synthesia/ anaphora
- "colour of leaves"
- time is moving on- changing of seasons.
- "but the word was out"
- Themes: Time/Memory/Power of language
- Context: "Nostalgia" a term used to describe a longing for the past or to return to a familiar place such as home.
- Stanza 1
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