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Chainsaw versus the Pampas Grass - Coggle Diagram
Chainsaw versus the Pampas Grass
Masculinity and Femininity
masculinity presented as animalistic
"All winter unplugged, / grinding its teeth in a plastic sleeve,"
personification
animalistic, anger
"The chainsaw with its bloody desire"
"The chainsaw with its"
anaphora
dissociating chainsaw from persona
"blood desire"
violence / destruction
"its sweet tooth / for the flesh of the face and the bones underneath,"
taking pleasure in destroying
Pampas Grass as the woman
"The pampas grass with its ludicrous feathers / and plumes."
change in lexis
contrast to chainsaw
"The pampas grass, taking the warmth and light / from cuttings and bulbs,"
centre of attention
"stealing the show"
"I dabbed at a stalk that swooned"
"swooned"
feminine
"dabbed"
gentle but destructive
poem written in free verse
free growing of the grass
narrative encompassed by grass / women
Power
Chainsaw having the power
"fed it out like powder from a keg,"
Simile
violence
cable referred to gunpowder
explosive when lit
"its grand plan to kick back against nail or knot / and rear up into the brain"
smart about how to kill
"grand plan"
orchestrator of violence
experienced
Persona having the power
"I let it flare,"
"I touched the blur of the blade / against the nearmost tip of a reed - it didn't exist."
"I"
persona in control
end-stopping line
aggression of the persona with the chainsaw
no evidence of the reed existing
"touched"
gentle verb used to describe violent action
Nature having the power
Mankind vs Nature
Man destroying nature
"I raked whatever was severed or felled or torn / towards the dead zone under the outhouse wall, to be fired."
burning remains
enjambment
takes long time to remove the reeds
listing
violence / aggression of man
"this was a game."
thrill of destroying
Constant / repeating conflict
written in free verse
free growing of the grass
like a story / narrative
"All winter unplugged"
another year has passed but chainsaw is still needed
Mankind being animalistic
"felt the hundred beats per second drumming in its heart, / and felt the drive-wheel gargle in its throat."
adrenaline / excitement
"gargle"
animalistic
"its sweet tooth / for the flesh of the face and the bones underneath,"
taking pleasure in destroying and killing
"sweet tooth"
enjoyment
human expression but used animalistically
Violence / Conflict
violence of the chainsaw
"Then dropped the safety catch and gunned the trigger."
end-stopping line
pause after action has happened
"gunned the trigger"
weaponry
aggression of the chainsaw
"The chainsaw with its perfect disregard,
its mood / to tangle with cloth, or jewellery, or hair."
destruction
not caring about damage
use of listing
escalates from clothing to flesh
violence of the grass
"its twelve-foot spears."
masculine
weaponised
"plant-juice spat from the pipes and tubes / and dust flew out as I ripped into pockets of dark, secret / warmth."
"plant-juice"
comparison of the blood told prior
"spat"
fighting back
"ripped"
anger / violence
desire to destroy
"pockets of dark, secret warmth"
feminine
secrets
contrast to chainsaw