Last Supper 0.0 / 5 ? EnglishpoemsScottish HighersSQA Created by: [email protected]Created on: 10-05-17 12:17 "she is " Third person-objective, allowing harsh judgement of the women. 1 of 13 " not just for lent" Christian reference 2 of 13 "for ever " Certainty emphasised through enjambment, capitalisation and parenthesis. 3 of 13 "assembling" WC - She is precise, in control, disspassionate 4 of 13 "scrambling" WC - mixing things up, she is shaking up the status quo 5 of 13 "will have to lie on" " cooked goose" well known puns suggesting accepting the consequences and someone being guilty with no hope of escape. 6 of 13 "what very good soup she could render from the bones" metaphor - suggests that the failed relationship is turned into something her and her friends enjoy. 7 of 13 "something substantial" Sibilance draws attention to the fact it is although the women are nourished and satisfy by the gossip. 8 of 13 "something tasty if not elegant" Enjambment emphasises that their gossip is enjoyable but not sophisticated, tasteful or pleasant. 9 of 13 "cackling around the cauldron" Onomatopoeia - vivid evocation of the sound, alliteration draws attention to the image that the women are seen as witches. 10 of 13 "gnawing on the knucklebone of some intricate irony " Extended metaphor; the women gossiping is compared to cannibalising the man and eating what was said. 11 of 13 " the lies, fat, sizzling as sausages" simile, his dishonesty is appetising. 12 of 13 "savage integrity" juxtaposition implies that their humour is gained in a harmful way. 13 of 13
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