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"my father worked with a horse plough his shoulders globed like a full sail strung"
FOLLOWER
this is from the follower
it has a use of similies,speaks about his family,siblance injonment.
this describes how his father woked hard and how he wants to work as hard as his father did
1 of 9
"an expert. He would set the wing and fit the bright steel pointed sock"
FOLLOWER
the expert is a good dramatic uses adjectives to describe the sock,half rhyme.This is saying about how he would know how to do everything and anything thats why he uses the term "an expert"
2 of 9
"of reins the sweating team turned around and back land.his eye narrowed and angles at the ground
FOLLOWER
reins links back to the horse, brings in his eye which is facial fetures end stops enjobment half rhyme adjective used to show horse is working hard
3 of 9
"the decade ahead of my loud , possesive yell was the best one, eh? "
BEFORE YOU WERE MINE
eh? retorical question better time before she had her children . decade 10years before she was born
its speaking about how she had the best yell and it was a decade after
4 of 9
"you were walking away from me towards the school with the pathos of a half-fledged thing set free"
WALKING AWAY
this is bringing a sad memory also uses similies and metaphors , its taking about how he was walking away further and further as that is the main topic of the poem
5 of 9
"in ten years away from the corner you laugh on"
BEFORE YOU WERE MINE
she is having fun and she is pointing it out its also present tense and they have made it very specific . they are describing how she wont be the same person she was 10 years ago
6 of 9
"last one hundreth of an inch..."
MOTHER ANY DISTANCE
they use a good use of ellipsis which brings it into a cliff hanger or a dramatic pause this also is a description of how the mother didnt want to let go of him and she wanted it to be never ending
7 of 9
"anchor kite"
MOTHER ANY DISTANCE
the anchor is the mother the kite is the narrator it has a use of a metaphor its describing something as if it is something else the anchor represents the mother holding the son down for no freedom and the kite represents him letting go
8 of 9
"You at the zero-end"
this is a use of direct address they are speaking to them directly and the son holds the zero enf od the tape and the mother keeps on following the tape as if it is never ending and she dosent want to let go of him
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Card 2

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the expert is a good dramatic uses adjectives to describe the sock,half rhyme.This is saying about how he would know how to do everything and anything thats why he uses the term "an expert"

Back

"an expert. He would set the wing and fit the bright steel pointed sock"
FOLLOWER

Card 3

Front

reins links back to the horse, brings in his eye which is facial fetures end stops enjobment half rhyme adjective used to show horse is working hard

Back

Preview of the back of card 3

Card 4

Front

eh? retorical question better time before she had her children . decade 10years before she was born
its speaking about how she had the best yell and it was a decade after

Back

Preview of the back of card 4

Card 5

Front

this is bringing a sad memory also uses similies and metaphors , its taking about how he was walking away further and further as that is the main topic of the poem

Back

Preview of the back of card 5
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