nil nil

• "zenith"


  has connotations of highest point, peak and top performance. This conveys the skill, talent and success of the footballers at this point in the match. This suggests the progress of the match and how well its going
• "majestic"


  has connotations of nobility, beauty and power. This conveys the feeling of strength, pride and honour the footballers have during the match, suggesting the improvement and how the match is good currently
• "balletic toe-poke nearly bursting the roof"


  "bursting" has connotations of immense power, force and momentum as the ball hits the net. This conveys and emphasises the athleticism, physical expertise and sporting ability of the footballer. There is also an aesthetic appeal to him as he is "balletic" suggesting the audience's wonder and awe in watching the match go on
• "plague of grey bonnets"


  ominous word choice - has connotations of disease, calamity and evil which contradict the idea of celebration. This conveys the sense of tension, uneasiness and nervousness that something is going to go wrong. This anticipates the decline in the progress during the second half of the match

  
  

  "grey" reminds us that the film is in black and white, it foreshadows the fate of the game and the pilot as hats fly up then quickly fall down
• "falls out of the clouds"

  "clouds" have connotations of the sky, heavens and daydreaming. This conveys the happiness, joy and delight of the players during the match. "falls" suggests the transition from this dream-like success into reality that shortly follows
• "detaching like bubbles to speed the descent into pitch-sharing"


  just as bubbles gently disappear, sink to the ground and vanish quickly so too are the players spreading out, dispersing themselves and scattering out on the pitch. This could mean the players floating of into non-existence and leaving the club to suffer from financial ruin after their defeat. This portrays how without them the club plunges further down
• "dismal"


  has connotations of dreary, gloomy and cheerless. This conveys how unhappy, dispirited and awful the players feel. This highlights how fate flips sides very quickly and has control over victory no matter how hard you try and how talented you are
• "obsene"


  has connotations of disgrace, shocking and sickening. This conveys the disappointment, sadness and discontent the audience feel after the outcome of the match, despite how well the match was going in the first place
• "fifty-year slide"


  has connotations of degeneration, sinking and drop. This conveys the descent, fall and gradual decline of the club and the stardom of the footballers. Their fame is eroded, leaving and ending with no one
• "grim fathers"


  has connotations of distressed, miserable and disheartened. This conveys how discouraged, downcast and hopeless the parents now feel. This suggests how unhappy the supporters of the players are
• "so smelly the air seems to quiver above him"


  just as someone quivers when they are scared, in fear and afraid so too is the air. This conveys how unhygienic, insanitary and filthy the boy is suggesting how inferior the air is to the boys dirtiness
• "the stopped swings"


  has connotations of ending, finished and terminated. This conveys the sense of nostalgia, reminiscing about the past and reflection. It suggests how childhood pleasure is silted by poverty as economic success leaves the small towns. This highlights how nothing is cultivated here - a place where talent falls into the gutter
• "no wind, not a cloud in the sky"


  has connotations of beauty, tranquility and peace. This conveys how serene, quiet and undisturbed the atmosphere is. This suggests how despite the normal, if not positive circumstances where nothing could go wrong, the fate of the pilot is to die
• "no one around"


  has connotations of isolation, loneliness and nothingness. This conveys how deserted, empty and clear the surroundings are. This highlights how are lives are predestined by fate and emphasises the meaninglessness of life
• "plopped"


  has connotations of flopped, clumsily and careless. This conveys how casual, normal and every day the writer describes his death. This informal and childish word highlights the absurdity of the pilots death - the plan written by fate, but also how meaningless the death of the pilot is as nothing really matters
• "silently twirling away like an ash-key"


  just as ash-keys are fragile, delicate and easily-broken so too is the pilot spinning down with frailty, helplessness and vulnerability. This is ironic as the actual event is horrific and the pilot has no control as he spins to the ground
• "nirvana"


  has connotations of peace, calm and tranquillity. This conveys how the writer looks forward to a state of content, satisfaction and bliss in his life. This suggests how, with fires of emotion being put out, human effort and suffering is lost and a forgotten part of the wider world. This highlights how human life and existence is insignificant in the end
• "Goodbye."


  short sentence - concludes the poem, it is a very final close. It emphasises the indifference in the world despite human suffering and loss. The poet and reader have shared moments of experience but their time is over together. No matter how meaningful a connection, it will eventually fade and be forgotten.