eden rock

• "they are waiting for me somewhere beyond eden rock"


  eden rock symbolises perfection and tranquililty
• "the sky whitens as if lit by three suns"
• "crossing is not as hard as you might think"
• "i had not thought it would be like this"


  last line seperated from the rest of poem symbolising seperation between parents and speaker
• what is the rhyme scheme?

  half rhyme- creates gentle rhythm
• what is the volta?

  "the sky whitens as if lit by three suns"
• what is the structure?

  linear
• 3 key themes?

  memory, nostalgia, peacefullness
• what is the context?

  causleys father died when he was seven- potentially about him
• effect on reader?

  readers may feel pity for causley