Material

Question 1

what is the hanky an extended metaphor for

Answer 1

the mother

Question 2

not paper tissues bought in packs

Answer 2

juxtaposition to hanky - suggests that the daughter’s version of motherhood is fragile and lacks care

Question 3

late night garages

Answer 3

convenient, unsentimental

Question 4

waving out of trains

Answer 4

contrasts the image of late night garages by presenting a more meaningful image - societal change

Question 5

embroidered with a V for Viv

Answer 5

permanent, significant - extended metaphor for the older idea of motherhood which was more personal

Question 6

spittled and scrubbed against my face

Answer 6

sibilance - emphatic of her past disgust at this invasive level of care but now she misses it due to her grief

Question 7

as if she had a farm up there

Answer 7

farm used as a metaphor for growth and cultivation - her mother nurtured her, she had a personal upbringing

Question 8

I never did.

Answer 8

caesura emphatic of the separation between her and her mother’s parenting styles and generations

Question 9

asyndetic listing in 3rd stanza

Answer 9

shows the extent of care she recieved

Question 10

naffest christmas gifts

Answer 10

her lack of appreciation at the time

Question 11

serious and grey and larger

Answer 11

reminded of the patriarchy of the time - she doesn’t want to go back to this society

Question 12

greengrocer george

Answer 12

proper nouns to suggest community

Question 13

enj between stanza 5 and 6

Answer 13

overflowing emotion and nostalgia

Question 14

the dancing school

Answer 14

diexis aids the sense of personal community

Question 15

step-together, step-together …

Answer 15

use of repeition - linked to the past conformity of women

she appreciates the past but wouldn’t want to go back

Question 16

nostalgia only makes me old.

Answer 16

end stop emphatic of her attempt to move on

Question 17

was killed in TV lassitude and it was me that turned it on

Answer 17

A03 Tv acts as a wider symbol of change

self criticism - struggling with her grief

Question 18

there’s never a hanky up my sleeve.

Answer 18

end stop - decisive self critical statement

Question 19

I miss material hankercheifs

Answer 19

ext metaphor - she misses her mum her childhood and the past

Question 20

But it isn’t mine. I’ll let it go.

Answer 20

Argument marker - moving on from the past - emotional growth

caesura and end stop - decisive rationalisation - stops her self criticism

Question 21

this is your material to do with, daughter, what you will.

Answer 21

italics represent the mother’s voice - supports her version of motherhood and societal change

rhyming couplet at the end - decisive

Question 22

structural comments

Answer 22

tight rhyme scheme represents the tightly ordered society