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Description
Mind Map by lldriftinglegend, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by lldriftinglegend
over 10 years ago
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Brendon Gallacher
- Subjects
- Tells a story of her childhood friend, only at the
end do we realise he is imaginary. When the
narrators mother discovers this Brendon dies
- Poem is partly autobiographical,
the location and the details of the
father describes Jackie's own life
- Tells a story of her childhood friend, only at the
end do we realise he is imaginary. When the
narrators mother discovers this Brendon dies
- Structure and Language
- Form and structure
- It is an elegy which is a sad poem
written on the death of someone, is it
the death of Brendon or for the idea
of him or for a lost childhood
- The poem is regular in form with 5 stanzas and
five lines. So the lines are approximately the same
length with similar numbers of syllables. At the end
the final 2 stanzas are shorter which reflects the
death of Brendon Gallacher
- It is an elegy which is a sad poem
written on the death of someone, is it
the death of Brendon or for the idea
of him or for a lost childhood
- There seems to be a lot of repetition
with Brendon Gallacher's name
which gives it a sense of unity
- She uses the possessive pronoun e.g. 'my Brendon Gallacher
which emphasises the theme of loss when his name just
appears 'Oh Brendon' the impact of his death is greater
- She uses the possessive pronoun e.g. 'my Brendon Gallacher
which emphasises the theme of loss when his name just
appears 'Oh Brendon' the impact of his death is greater
- Sound
- Dialect words are in
the poem to indicate
a Scottish accent
- Dialect words are in
the poem to indicate
a Scottish accent
- Form and structure
- Imagery
- Brendon is associated with life
outdoors, the only time he comes
indoors is when he dies suggesting
that the fantasy of him doesn't mix with
the reality of her life
- Brendon is a exotic glamorous figure removed from
the dullness of the narrator's life, his Irish rather than
Scottish and his father is a cat burglar, not just a thief
- Jackie uses pathetic fallacy
e.g. the rain that was pouring
could reflect tears
- We only have a physical description of
Brendon at the end, gives more impacts to
his death and makes him seem real
- Brendon is associated with life
outdoors, the only time he comes
indoors is when he dies suggesting
that the fantasy of him doesn't mix with
the reality of her life
- Attitudes, themes and ideas
- The poem contrasts fantasy and
reality to create a sense of escapism
- The poem is spoken
through the voice of a child
- The poem contrasts fantasy and
reality to create a sense of escapism
- Comparison
- Horse Whisperer
- Clown punk
- Horse Whisperer
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