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| Collection Introduction (2) | Selling Manhattan, 1987 A child is giving an account of evidence - emotional appeal The grown-up imperfect world is perceived through the eyes of a child |
| Subject | The domestic violence scene is being retold from the child's view |
| Form (4) | Three heptets Dramatic monologue Ventriloquism - insight into the mind of a child, increases pathos Prose-like sentences, rather than verses |
| Theme (3) | Aggression is seen through the innocent eyes of a child - childhood is being marred by adult imperfection Juxtaposition between the innocence of the speaker and brutality in the father's language Loss of innocence - Childhood - Living in a foreign country, otherness - Women's rights and positions in society |
| Motifs (2) | "Da was drunk again" "shouting the bad bits" |
| Diction; Language (3) Lexical fields (2) Dialect Transferred epithets (2) | Innocent (child) - 'da', 'bad bits' Brutal (father) - 'I'd better be dead' Colloquial - 'God's truth', 'sweating blood doing it' Religious - 'Jesus Christ', 'flesh', 'crucifix', 'devil' (cultural background) Family environment - 'mantlepiece', 'apron', 'floorboard' (concrete nouns) Irish - 'dance for the Queen's men', 'mammy, mammy' 'dangerous moon', 'clenched face like a big fist' |
| Imagery and Symbolism; Pictorial (2) Visual Associational (2) Auditory | "Jabbed his finger to the north" - harshness of adult life "flung it on the fire" - violence (symbol of destruction) "her apron was a map of Ireland" "sweating blood" - indicative of Jesus' sacrifice on the cross (parallel to mother's sacrifice) "clenched face like a big fist" "There! There!" - desperation and homesickness |
| Rhythm | Rushed tempo matches agitation of the father; "he said/I'd better be dead, picked up the old clock/from the mantlepiece and flung it on the fire" (enjambment) |
| Rhyme (2) | Masculine, end-rhymes Monosyllabic pararhymes; 'him', 'time' |
| Tone (3) Mood | Fear of the abusive father Pity towards the mother Sympathy towards the child Tense, agonising atmosphere |
| Conclusion (3) | Sad, traumatic view of childhood Invasion of childhood by negative adult experience Duffy refers to childhood as 'The Other Country' |