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Piano - D H Lawrence - Coggle Diagram
Piano - D H Lawrence
Techniques:
- Imagery - vivid sense of child under the piano creates a sensory rich memory
- Contact between past / present
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- alliteration - "softly in the dusk" - evokes a quiet atmosphere
- enjambent - mimics the flow of music and memory
- juxtaposition - the clam present is disrupted by the emotional memory
- tone shift- from calm reflection to intense uncontrollable emotion
Key themes:
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- loss - speaker is overcome with emotion, possibly grieving for his mother
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- nostalgia - longing for the simplicity and emotional safety of childhood
- conflict between adults an child selves - adult masculinity clashes with the vulnerability of memory
Key things to rememeber:
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- emotional power of music - music becomes a trigger for deeply buried feelings
- childhood sanctuary - memeory provides a warmth and security, contrasting with adults emotional supression
- masculinity and vulnerability - speakers weeping reflects the tension between societal expectations of stoicism and personal grief
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Comapre with:
- Poem at Thirty Nine - ( parental influence) - memory
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- Do Not Go Gentle - ( emotion confronting me)
- remember - grief and looking back
Summary: a man hears a women singing and is transported back to his childhood memories of his mother. the memory is filled with nostalgia.