Language - fire is a metaphor for the Grandad, he won't burn for much longer
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"Your knobbed stick (that was my horse) Can scarce support your bended corse"
Language - nostalgia and worry, reflecting on past times and worry at the physical change in character
2 of 5
"You will not die and leave us then? Rouse up and be our dad again"
Language - question shows pleading and childish hope, almost seems angry for him not being able to be there for them
3 of 5
"you do not hear me dad"
Language and structure - shows that he has died, repetition of dad throughout and at the end gives a sense of finality as the speaker realises that he isn't going to get better.
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Rhyming couplets getting less regular throughout the poem
Structure - Shows deterioration of the Grandad
5 of 5
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Card 2
Front
Language - nostalgia and worry, reflecting on past times and worry at the physical change in character
Back
"Your knobbed stick (that was my horse) Can scarce support your bended corse"
Card 3
Front
Language - question shows pleading and childish hope, almost seems angry for him not being able to be there for them
Back
Card 4
Front
Language and structure - shows that he has died, repetition of dad throughout and at the end gives a sense of finality as the speaker realises that he isn't going to get better.
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