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Created on: 25-04-21 13:45

"Tiny Twisted legs from which saw dust might run."

Metaphor.
The beggar is no longer a man but merely the deformed shell of a human being filled with stuffing.

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"Slumped like a half filled sack."

Imagery.
Creates an Image suggesting that the beggar cannot support his own frame.

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"He had the advantage of not being dead yet."

Bitter tone.
Norman MacCaig implies that the only thing the beggar has going for him in life is that he is not dead.

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"Clucking Contently."

Comparison/Imagery.
Comparing the tourists to chickens, with dumb obedeince to the Tourist Guide (Priest) as they "flutter after him".

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"Wept pus"

Reinforces the idea of the desperateness of the beggars existence as well as contrasting with the artistic beauty of the beauty of Frescoes that attracts the tourists.

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"A voice as sweet as a child."

Simile.
Captures how beautiful the beggars voice is, that comparison of him to a child highlights his innocence this reinforces the reader to take pity on him not only because of his physical difficulties but also his vulnerability's.

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Card 2

Front

"Slumped like a half filled sack."

Back

Imagery.
Creates an Image suggesting that the beggar cannot support his own frame.

Card 3

Front

"He had the advantage of not being dead yet."

Back

Card 4

Front

"Clucking Contently."

Back

Card 5

Front

"Wept pus"

Back

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