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The Lammas Hireling
Duhig - Coggle Diagram
The Lammas Hireling
Duhig
Important Quotes
'I hunted down her torn voice'
'There was no / Splash'
- Splitting line over 2 lines = creates tension - also helps the reader try to understand that what the farmer is supernatural (shapeshifter) and before it hit the water it faded to nothing
'Disturbed form dreams of my dear late wife'
- He dreams about his dead wife
'Bless me father for I have sinned'
'It ahs been an hour since my last confession'
- Represents a guilty conscious from what he has just done and he is scared of the consequence - yet if it was a supernatural creature a priest wouldn't see the act as a sin it would be thanked (Juxtaposition)
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Themes
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Society and Culture
The confusion between the narraotr's wife and the hireling raises questions for a reader - bith a mix of feminine and masculine imagery combining to question
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Structure and Technique
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Enjambment between stanzas create the effect of ongoing speech, with little opportunity to reflect
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Repeated use of 'and' - gives the idea of building up a story - can be interpretated by a reader as indicated this may be a fantacy