2.1 Oscar Wilde

GAP

G- letter + autobiography

A- personal fans of wilde + Bosie

P: express his feelings to Bosie + critics + fans

Voices

Reflective, persuasive and powerful

Context

• writtem by Oscar Wilde during his imprisonment

• published in 1905

• put in prison by his father for being gay

Techniques (1 - 5)

• “I want” —> a desire, bitter tone, lacking acceptance & unrealised

• “It was ruinous advice” —> simple declarative

• “Now i am advised by others” —> cohesion

• “Creeping” —> personification

• “I would sooner hear it ”—> sensory metaphor

Techniques (6- 10)

• “Equally fatal” —> hyperbolic + dramatic

• “Any kind” —> minimal

• “I shall” —> modal / hopeful

• “Whatever is realised is right” —> axiomatic conclusion

• “Quite simply and without affection” —> adverbial phrase