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Out of the Blue
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AS Level English Mind Map on Out of the Blue, created by Smyles on 28/04/2013.
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Out of the Blue
1st Stanza
"You"
People watching TV (passive)
Appeal to a listener
Creates a relationship
Implied responsibility
"shot"
Camera shot
"building burning"
Alliteration
Plosive
Aggressive
"now"
Present
Immediacy
"white"
Symbolic value
Innocence
Surrender
"white cotton shirt"
businessman/woman
Ordinary
2nd Stanza
"waving, waving"
Attract attention
Desperate
Hopeful
"small in the clouds"
Far away
Irrelevant
Vulnerable
"Does anyone see"
Enjambment
Attention
'Can you see me, why aren't I being saved'
"a soul worth saving"
'Am I worth it?'
Question of relevance
3rd Stanza
"So when will you come?"
Direct
Rhetorical question
Engages relationship
Hope
Belief
Trust
Provokes guilt in listener
"shaking crumbs/or pegging out washing"
Mundane
Normal
Accusatory tone
Judgmental
Juxtaposes mundane activities to add to shock and desperation
4th Stanza
"trying and trying"
Trying - not succeeding
Loss of hope
"and" - more effort
Desperate
"The heat behind me is bullying,driving,"
Personification
Fight against heat - personal
Paranoia about heat manipulating him and making him jump
"But"
Change
Not given up
"white of surrender is not yet flying"
pushes through giving up
Inevitable
"diving"
Headfirst
Description of fall
No survival
5th Stanza
"A bird goes by"
Bird has freedom
He can't escape
Isolation
Juxtaposes normalcy of bird with the abnormal situation
"The depth is appalling. Appalling"
Repetition -shows thought reiteration
"." allows thought
Everything about the event is appalling
"wind-milling, wheeling, spiralling, falling."
Present Continuous
Long words represent the long drop
Long sounds
6th Stanza
"believing"
Given up on getting an answer
"gills"
Physical description
Room filled with smoke - breathing out of them
"I am still breathing."
Reaffirms - still alive
'I still need to be saved'
7th Stanza
"But tiring, tiring."
Change
Full stop - almost the end
"below"
not here
"My arm is numb and my nerves are sagging"
Not getting attention
Given up
"my love"
Personal goodbye
Wife?
"failing"
Given up
Full stop at end of every line
Signifies inevitable death
Dramatic Monologue
Structure
4 Lines
No rhyme
Different length lines
Trying to keep it together/calm but failing
Disjointed
Desperate
Panicking
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