English Literature: Carol Ann Duffy Nostalgia 0.0 / 5 ? English LiteratureCarol Ann DuffyGCSEOCR Created by: livgrocott987Created on: 04-05-15 22:18 What is Nostalgia? The psychological suffering caused by the desire to return 1 of 20 "Those early mercenaries" Mercenary fights for anyone for price. An original medical focus, driven by money. 2 of 20 "leaving the high, fine air to go down, down" Descending mountains or emotionally feel down 3 of 20 "dull crude coins clenched in the teeth" Alliteration - harsh constants sacrificing pleasure of homeland for money - coins and decsion 4 of 20 "strange food...wrong sounds...wrong smells...every breath wrong" Repetition - everything about the decision to move is wrong 5 of 20 "They had an ache here, Doctor, they pined, wept, grown men. It was killing them." Before nostalgia defined. 6 of 20 "It was given a name" It = nostalgia - becomes real with a name 7 of 20 "fearful of that sweet pain in the heart" Oxymoron - going to suffer but receive what you desire 8 of 20 "of how it hurt, in that heavier air; to hear..." Sense of sadness through sounds - alliteration 9 of 20 "the music of home - the sad pipes - summoning" Caesura - separation 10 of 20 "where maybe you met a girl" 2nd person - unreliability of memory 11 of 20 "or searched for a yellow ball in long grass" Very precise certainty. 12 of 20 "But the word was out" Word = nostalgia 13 of 20 "Some would never fall in love had they not heard of love" Language creates a concept - becomes widely understood 14 of 20 "So the priest stood at the stile with his head in his hands" Well respected 15 of 20 "crying at the workings of memory through the colour of leaves" Romantic = green - new beginning, freshness 16 of 20 "It was spring when one returned" One = swiss mercenaries 17 of 20 "The same bell chiming the hour on the clock, and everything changed" Place is same, time has passed - impossible to recreate past 18 of 20 "It was spring when one returned" One = swiss mercenaries 19 of 20 "The same bell chiming the hour on the clock, and everything changed" Place is same, time has passed - impossible to recreate past 20 of 20
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