Trio

• Setting "Buchanan street" – Uses an everyday street to

  link the three to everyday, ordinary, daily life.
• Word choice - "Sharp" – Suggests painful, biting cold. Contrasts with the positivity in the poem to show happiness can be find anywhere.
• Word choice - "Under" – Suggests a sense of protection/ being watched.
• Repetition – ‘young’ – suggests joy, hope, possibility.
• Repetition – ‘carries’ – suggests support, togetherness, oneness.
• Metaphor – ‘cloud of happiness’ - Suggest togetherness, joy and delight with the breath of the group seeming to envelop and protect the group.
• Dialect – ‘but’ -Glaswegian dialect emphasises everyday nature of the event and reveals his eagerness to present his gift
• Long Sentences – Wants to show that love, happiness and generosity

  should not be restricted.
• Simile – ‘The chihuahua has a tiny Royal Stewart tartan coat like a teapot holder" – light hearted and continues the hopeful mood.

  Creates a humorous image.
• Simile – ‘eyes and mouth like favours in a fresh sweet cake" - Idea of the baby being almost like a treat. Could represent a Christmas or a Wedding cake which presents the idea of love, family and sharing.
• Word choice - ‘Swells out’ – Suggest pride and happiness.
• ‘Milky’ – Links to babies and suggests innocence, purity and nurturing
• Word choice - ‘Brisk’ – Suggest vitality, liveliness and vigour.
• Sentence Structure – Exclamation Marks – Suggests he is almost shouting with joy. Seeing this everyday, simple thing gets him celebrating life.
• ‘Orphean,’ ‘Melting,’ and ‘Warm’ - According to Greek Mythology, Orpheus had the power to bring objects to life through his music while ‘melting’ and ‘warm’ help to convey the joy and happiness emanating from the group.
• Sentence Structure – ‘Or is not born’ – Parenthesis – shows uncertainty but that all religious outlooks are welcome. Highlighting again this positive, inclusive atmosphere.
• Personification - ‘Fate, it abdicates’ – Fate is personified as being a enemy; representing the perils and difficulties of life which is forced into submission by the trio
• Metaphor - ‘Monsters of the year’ – The darker parts of life are described as ‘monsters’ which are forced to retreat by the strength of the group’s goodwill
• Metaphor – ‘march of three’ – likens the trio to an army in battle dispelling the more negative parts of life
• Sentence Structure – Parenthesis – To emphasise the lasting legacy

  and positive impact of the group. Although they are gone their positive spirit remains.
• Simile – ‘Laughter ringing them round like a guard’– Joy becomes a protector keeping negative feelings at bay.