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A Child to his Sick Grandfather ("Your knobbed stick (that was my…
A Child to his Sick Grandfather
Active Poetic Voice
We'll
I'll
Shows that the child is trying to take control of the situation and wants to help
Sestet (6 lines per stanza (Verse) mostly single sentences
Polysyndeton 'And'
Shows child's train of thought
Switching- can't process what is happening
Captures child's voice
Diminutive 'Dad'
Possibly the grandad was more of a father figure to this child
Directly adresses him
Monosyllabic and simple words capture child's voice and way of speaking
"Your knobbed stick (that was my horse)/ Can scarce support your bended corse"
Rhyming couplet
Shows contrast through Antithesis
Shows the difference between past and present
'support' may also refer to other support that the Grandad has given to the child
Poetic Voice
A Child's voice
Sad
Personal
Reflective
Early Romantic poem
By Joanna Baille
Scottish
May explain some of the words and abbreviations used
Elegy
"How lank and thin your beard hangs down!/ Scant are the white hairs on your crown; / How wan and hollow are your cheeks!
Shows how the Grandad's physical appearance is alarming
Poignant
"And everybody looks so sad,"
Shows the massive impact on the community
"You will not die and leave us then?"
Uncertain
He is seeking assurance
"Rouse up and be our dad again."
Uses imperative- trying to take control of the situation
Shows some regret
Poem shows naivety
The child is compassionate and desperate. He just wants his Grandad to get better
Desperate for his Grandad to stay- Trying to convince him
"And when the weary fire turns blue,"
Grandad fading like the fire
Metaphor for Grandfather's death
"I'll sit and talk with you
Doesn't want to regret not doing it
"I have a tale both long and good,/ About a partlet and her brood,/ And cunning greedy fox that stole"
Fox represents death
Grandfather being 'stolen' away by his illness (Metaphorical)
Telling grandfather stories- Reversal of roles?
"You love a story, dad?"
Worried that he is not listening or that he is dead
Stories passed down- Cycle of life
Birth--> Death
"men all clad in coats of mail"
Imagery of Knights
Heroic- Represents his Grandad as his hero?
With glittering swords- you nod, I think?
Story cut off- Grandad dies? Never gets to the end of the story