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Eng Lang Anthology Rhu Sen, Melyssa, Jun Qi, Rayyan, Kiana Warning:…

- - - - Form
        
        Shown through the one long stanze to show how the time has stretched on and continuously flowed until he realises.
      - Language:
        
        personification of the bushes and garden - no human in sight
    - - Form:
        
        Free verse shows how it is inevitable and it isn't what you expect (adulthood sounds good but it isn't)
      - Lang
        
        Short imperatives: "Stay dumb. Hide in your blindness." - links to the speaker not wanting to realize
- - - - "smiles as she sings" sibilance - soothing tone
      - "tingling strings" onomatopoeia - makes memories seem real
    - - Lyric poem in 1st person can emphasise on the strong emotions the poet feels
      - "winter outside" contrast with "cosy parlour" family = comfort
      - “ My manhood is cast Down in the flood of remembrance” - Sacrifices his manhood because he wants to return back to his childhood.
        
        Contrasts to Hide & Seek as there is the loss of childhood innocence
    - - language
        
        "the tinkling piano our guide"
        
        "hymns in the cosy parlour"
        
        "sunday evenings" (debatable)
- - - - Hyperbole: “Yours is the Earth” - Emphasises great opportunity if he follows the life lessons: resilience, honesty, composure
  - - - Form
        
        4 octaves, each of equal length. Rigid, balanced structure shows the poet's beliefs in a balanced life.
        ABABCDED rhyme scheme except for the first stanza, to show that even though the message of the poem is serious, it is sort of playful and appealing to the reader.
        Iambic pentameter used, giving the poem a positive and upbeat tone
      - Structure
        
        The poem is one singular long sentence.
      - Language
        
        "If you can keep your head when all about you" Personal pronoun "you" used, connects with the reader on a personal level to teach them about the importance of "keeping your head" or self-restraint. Anaphora "If" is also used repeatedly throughout, possibly to show that the outcome of self-restraint is always a good reward.
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