Structure - The Lammas Hireling

Cards (6)

  • 'The Lammas Hireling' often uses Enjambment, to create an ongoing quick and frantic speech, this allows the reader less time to reflect and add confusion to the poem (reflecting the confusing and eerie themes of the poem)
  • 'The Lammas Hireling' often uses different line length, making the speaker seem more erratic, paralleling the lack of psychological stability of the speaker
  • 'The Lammas Hireling' often uses Enjambment, this gives the poem a free-flowing narrative to keep the poem frantic and the reader engaged with the action
  • 'The Lammas Hireling' often uses Enjambment, this creates a sense of fluidity and movement, mirroring the speaker's narrative flow and his gradual revelation of events
  • 'The Lammas Hireling' often uses Enjambment, this helps builds suspense for the reader
  • 'The Lammas Hireling' often uses Enjambment, this mirrors themes of fragmentation & disorientation, mirroring the psychological fragmentation of the speaker