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Answer for exercise 4

The solution for exercise 4 in chapter 7.2 - More than words of Speakout Advanced Plus - Students' Book by Frances Eales and Steve Oakes

Question

Listen and check your ideas.

Answer

Yeats

  • rich imagery → compares love to the sky, universe, stars, beautiful cloth
  • trust → putting hopes and dreams under her feet
  • elegant style → the opening two lines
  • repetition → 'cloths, light, feet, dreams, tread'

McGough

  • a breakdown in communication → a quiet explanation is perceived as shouting
  • seeing the relationship from outside → I love the way it is described as if from the outside
  • direct and simple language → actions are described as seen, no interpretation; conversational language
  • paradox → we're aware of our foolishness, but can't act differently
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