To highlight the absurdities of both the behavior of adults and the artificial nature of the borders that are the cause of so much conflict.
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What ideas do the poems play with?
The similarities and differences and divisions
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Why does Hardi use the imagery of the chain?
It implies that people are enslaved by the borders.
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Identify which words are repeated and the effect they have.
Repitition of the word 'chain' to emphasise the fact it is just a chain
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What interpretation can be used for the word chain?
It could be a order between life and death, youth and age and innocence and experience.
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How does the mothers perspective and the childs perspective contrast with eachother?
The mother sees it as 'clean' and 'beautiful' however the child just finds it a boring wait at the check point and the childs lack of excitement. The child describes the homeland as muddy.
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Why is the childs perspective seen as cold and distant?
the lands they are coming from and are going to are meaningless to her she doesn't know where her home is
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Why does this poem compare to Flag?
They explore the way ideas can be expressed in symbols. whereas Hardis poem is rooted in real time and place, Agards is just a general point.
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How does this poem compare to Poppies?
At the Border, 1979 is a childs recollection of her family focusing on her mother whereas poppies is a mothers recollection of her son
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Card 2
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Why did she use this?
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To highlight the absurdities of both the behavior of adults and the artificial nature of the borders that are the cause of so much conflict.
Card 3
Front
What ideas do the poems play with?
Back
Card 4
Front
Why does Hardi use the imagery of the chain?
Back
Card 5
Front
Identify which words are repeated and the effect they have.
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