a father reflecting back on his child's first day of school
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Walking Away-What are the key themes?
letting go, independance
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Walking Away-What can you say about the title?
visual representation to sensationalise and express the significance of the day
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Walking Away-What is the overall tone of the poem?
hesitant
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Walking Away-Structure:
ABACA rhyme scheme: 'B' and 'C' reflect emotional barriers between father and child, enjambement expresses that it is a natural process
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Walking Away-Key Quotes:
"a sunny day with leaves just turning" pathetic falacy, new season, new start
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Walking Away-Key Quotes:
"like a satellite wrenched from its orbit" simile is symbolic; suggesting son (satellite) relies on his father (gravitational pull) and is all of a sudden going out into the unknown with verb "drifted"
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Walking Away-Key Quotes:
"like a winged seed loosened from its parent stem" simile: "winged" suggests it is finally able to support itself, natural imagery to show normality of letting go
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Walking Away-Key Quote:
"selfhood begins with a walking away, and love is proved in the letting go" message of poem reinforced in final line, fricitive alliteration, "selfhood"refers to indepenance, "proved" suggests father has a duty to let go
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Walking Away-Compare with:
Mother any distance
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Card 2
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Walking Away-What's it about?
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a father reflecting back on his child's first day of school
Card 3
Front
Walking Away-What are the key themes?
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Card 4
Front
Walking Away-What can you say about the title?
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Card 5
Front
Walking Away-What is the overall tone of the poem?
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