Basking Shark Analysis 1

The Encounter lines 1-6 Technique Line reference Quotation comment Word choice 1 ‘stub’ 1 and 2 ‘to stub/to have’ Unusual sentence structure. Infinitive “to have” at the beginning suggests an unstoppable force. The effect is to create a tension and suspense until the meaning is completed 2 ‘rock’ ‘slounge’ Parenthesis The alarm caused in the poet is neatly shown with the humorous aside (too often) implying this is not an encounter he wishes to repeat.

The Encounter lines 1-6 Technique Line reference Quotation comment Word choice ‘gain’ ‘met’ Metaphor alliteration 5 ‘on a sea tin tacked with rain’ ‘tin tacked’ Metaphor/contrast 6