Long Distance ll

Long Distance ll

Key quotes
1. "Dad kept her slippers warming by the gas"
  1. "put hot water bottles her side of the bed"
    1. "and still went to renew her transport pass."
2. "You couldn't just drop in. You had to phone."
3. "He couldn't risk my blight of disbelief"
4. "as though his still raw love was such a crime"
5. "rusted lock"
  1. "end his grief"
6. "in my new black leather phone book there's your name and the disconnected number i still call"
Structure
1. Regular, 4 stanzas and 4 lines
2. Alternating rhyme scheme, ABAB - until last stanza where it changes to ABBA
  1. Reflecting the fact that the final stanza is about the narrators actions not the fathers
Form
1. In the 1st,2nd and 3rd stanza it is written in third person and past tense
  1. In the last stanza it is written in first person and past tense
Themes
1. Family
2. Loneliness
3. Loss
4. Love after death

Resource summary

	Created by Amy Steel over 7 years ago