Mother any distance

What is the AO1 in “The acres of the walls, the prairies of the floors.” (Exp)

• nervous/excited by daunting move

• Rite of passage

• Mother son relationship

What is the AO2 in “The acres of the walls, the prairies of the floors.” (Exp)

• “acres/prairies” = overwhelming spatial metaphor

• Hyperbolic tone - blank canvas to paint his own memories

What is the AO3 in “The acres of the walls, the prairies of the floors.” (Exp)

• Rite of passage

• Tests relationship

What is the AO1 in “Anchor. Kite.” (Piv)

Attempting to assert his independence

What is the AO2 in “Anchor. Kite.” (Piv)

• “Anchor” is grounding and supportive but can weigh you down

• “Kite” is soaring aerial symbolism

• Bid for freedom, held back by mother

What is the AO1 in “I reach…endless sky/to fall or fly.” (Den)

• Tension in relationship

• She holds on, he longs to be free to suceed or fail

What is the AO2 in “I reach…endless sky/to fall or fly.” (Den)

• Infinite adjective “endless” = numerous possibilities/breadth of unknown

• “Sky” = liberating enjambment

• Monosyllabic = definitive end

What is the AO3 in “I reach…endless sky/to fall or fly.” (Den)

Helicopter parenting

Name the author

Armitage

Name the type of poem

Unconventional sonnet