Effects

• Effects


  Plural noun, result of an action, presenting the aftermath, no article, displaced/isolated
• Themes


  Identity

  Nostalgia
• Structural elements


  one continuous stanza - catharsis and organised

  length - drawn out and slow loss

  Capital letters at start - an attempt to organise grief

  Caesura marks the beginning of the mother deterioration
• Techniques


  Active and lively verbs - pure domesticity and physical hardship

  Comedic irony - Tainted atmosphere, clouded judgement of character

  end of poem shows the first complete rhyming scheme - her life is complete, end of grieving process

  Fricative alliteration ‘familiar flavours’ positive imagery

  Medial caesura with final word ‘dead.’, abrupt
• Tone


  Reflective ‘I held her hand’
• Form


  2x hypotactic sentences

  Stichic (1x stanza)

  Dramatic monologue