Eden Rock - Causley

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Brief overview of this poem
Description of a picnic with parents, in a timeless afterlife, being called to join them
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'They are waiting for me..
...somewhere beyond the Eden Rock'
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'Her hair, the colour of...
...wheat, takes on the light'
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'The sky whitens...
...as if lit by three suns'
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'...Crossing is not as hard...
...as you may think'
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Form of poem
4 regular quatrains, with 5th split, regular meter but only half rhyme
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Context of poem
Speakers impending death, importance of memory, nostalgia of childhood
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Themes
Reflection, memory, loss, longing, sadness, family, parent-child relationships
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Feelings
Confusion, frustration, loneliness, longing
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Compare with
Before you Were Mine, Follower, Mother Any Distance, Walking Away
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Card 2

Front

'They are waiting for me..

Back

...somewhere beyond the Eden Rock'

Card 3

Front

'Her hair, the colour of...

Back

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Card 4

Front

'The sky whitens...

Back

Preview of the front of card 4

Card 5

Front

'...Crossing is not as hard...

Back

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