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Letters From Yorkshire -
Maura Dooley
- "saw the firs lapwings return"
- He's connected with nature
- He's connected with nature
- "his knuckles singing"
(personification)
- Shows the delight he feels
- Shows the delight he feels
- "It's not romance, simply how
things are"
- The narrator romanticises this man's
life, but it's just reality for him
- The narrator romanticises this man's
life, but it's just reality for him
- "feeding words"
(figurative language)
- "Creates a contrast between her feeding
words and him feeding people
- "Creates a contrast between her feeding
words and him feeding people
- "Is your life more real because you dig and saw?"
(rhetorical question)
- Reflects how the issue is at the centre of the poem
- Reflects how the issue is at the centre of the poem
- "breaking ice"
- Physical tasks shows how he sees
his life as ordinary
- Physical tasks shows how he sees
his life as ordinary
- "same news in different houses"
- Watching the same news hints that their
lives aren't so different
- Watching the same news hints that their
lives aren't so different
- "our souls tap out"
(spiritual language)
- Shows that they have a deep and
meaningful connection
- Shows that they have a deep and
meaningful connection
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