Blackberry Picking

Tone
1. Begins light-hearted and longing
  1. Lustful
    1. it's flesh was sweet
    2. That hunger sent us
    3. Lust for picking
2. Turns disappointed and full of disgust
  1. Negative imagery
    1. we found a fur
  2. The juice was stinking too
  3. Childish tone
    1. I always felt like crying. It wasn't fair
Themes
1. Growing up/ Loss of innocence
2. Nature
Overview
1. Heaney's keenness for blackberry picking and innocence but turns negative when he discovers the negative side - showing his disappointment
Phonetics
1. Consonance
  1. milk-cans, pea-tins, jam-pots
    1. replicates bb hitting
2. Alliteration
  1. plosive - top big dark blobs burned
    1. Sinister danger
  2. filled we found a fur
    1. shows deterioration of nature / the furry nature
Rhyme
1. Iambic pentameter
  1. 10 syllables, Half rhyme and enjambment
    1. slow rhythm - reflective tone
2. clot/knot ... rot/not
  1. Resolution
  2. harsh rhyme - echoes harsh realisation and thorns
Imagery
1. Senses
  1. Taste - you ate the first one and its flesh was sweet
  2. Sight - red, green
  3. Sound - tinkling bottom
  4. Touch - hard as a knot
  5. Smell - the juice was stinking too // smelt of rot
2. Permanence
  1. bleached our boots // peppered with thorn // inked up
    1. Indelible effect the experience has had - loss of innocence
3. Biblical
  1. the last summer // summer's blood // thorn pricks // thickened wine
Language
1. Labour
  1. trekked // hands were peppered
2. descriptive - adjectives
  1. glossy purple, sweet flesh
Structure
1. 2 stanzas - clear seperation
  1. First is extremely descriptive and longer
    1. shows love and interest in nature
  2. Second uses negative imagery
    1. Disgust and realisation

Next up

Blackberry Picking

Description

Resource summary

Similar

	Created by Mollie Rich over 6 years ago