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Poems
Basking shark
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Cards (8)
"
To
stub
an
oar
on
a
rock
where
none
should
be"
This is a
metaphor
which compares the
shark
to a
rock
highlighting how the writer thinks that the
shark
is
solid
and has
no
intelligence
"
I
count
as
gain
"
The
word
choice
of "gain" has
positive
connotations such as
earn
and emphasises that the
experience
was
worthwhile.
"
on
a
sea
tin-tacked
with
rain
"
The
alliteration
of "
tin-tacked
" helps readers to
picture
the
setting
and makes it seem like readers can
hear
/
see
the
rain
hitting
the
sea.
"
That
roomsized monster
"
The word choice of "
roomsized
" emphasises the
large
size of the shark.
The word choice of "
monster
" highlights that the
writer
feels as though the shark is
frightening
and
ugly.
"
with
a
matchbox
brain
"
This is a
metaphor
which
emphasises
how the writer thinks that
despite
the sharks
large
size
it has a
small
brain
and is
unintelligent.
"
He
displaced
more
than
water.
"
This tells readers that the
shark
made
the writer
rethink
his
life.
"
when
it settles a spring
Is
all
the
clearer.
"
The
word
choice
of "
all
the
clearer
" shows how the
writers
thoughts
towards the
shark
have become
more
understandable.
"
So
who's
the
monster
?"
This is a
rhetorical
question
which makes readers think about
whether
or not
humans
are more
superior
than
animals.