Tuesday, 15 April 2014

The Death of Aunt Alice



Juxtaposing her vivid, wild imagination of her life with a very orderly contained funeral service

"sparrows became vampires"  she had a vivid imagination - used to make things up

dreamt up some amazing scenarios - "fords on the M4 upside down"

she died - her funeral didn't reflect her personality - death can't capture a person's personality

contrast between her wild imagination and the finality of her death - she's not here anymore - gone forever

Abse imagines her in heaven telling more "tall stories" to saints in heaven

religion is the save and grace of the poem - through a belief in God he finds solace in his aunt's death



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