Originally 5.0 / 5 based on 1 rating ? EnglishScottish TextScottish HighersSQA Created by: maryhannahlynch19Created on: 14-04-17 15:19 56810327149 Across 1. Indicates the writers change of thought as she introduces the inevitability of change and adaptation. (3) 3. The poet can see that her brother has fully assimilated into his new home as he is eating bugs like the other boys. She is older in this stanza and is reflecting. (7, 1, 4) 4. Autobiographical and first person. (5) 8. "Red" has connotations of passion and anger which may be how the poet feels about being forced to leave the city of her birth and early childhood. (3, 4) 9. Emphasis her feelings of isolation and separateness from her family members. (1, 4) Down 2. Regular structure, 3 stanzas and 8 lines to divide the poem into straightforward chronology, lack of rhyme and rhythm reinforces the poet's lack of control and anxiety at the time. (9) 5. Her brothers emotions reflect her own. (5, 7) 6. "Fell" shows the poet feels out of control regarding her move. (4, 7, 3, 6) 7. Repetition and capitalisation of "Home" reinforces the poets misery and overwhelming sense of loss about moving. (4, 4) 10. The deliberate use of a Scottish word show that although her brother has fully assimilated, she still feels out of place like a splinter as she is still attached to her life in Scotland. (1, 5, 2, 5)
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