Before you were Mine"

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“Your polka-dot dress blows round your legs. Marilyn”

  1. Comparison of mother to Marilyn Monroe

  2. Glamourous film star, committing suicide at 36 years old

  3. Could hint to unfortunate events in future, unhappiness

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“The fizzy, movie tomorrow”

  1. Figurative Language

  2. Suggests energy and exciting possibilities

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“Clear as scent”

  1. Simile

  2. Vivid imagination

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“Whose small bites on your neck, sweetheart?”

  1. Normally a parent says this to a child

  2. Role reversal

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“Sparkle and waltz and laugh, before you were mine"

  1. Repetition

  2. emphasises all the qualities narrator imagines get mother had

  3. Title repetition emphasises difference between then and now