17.1.9

Eden Rock - Charles Causley (1917-2003)

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Key Quotes in Eden Rock

Here are some examples of key quotes in Eden Rock:

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‘As if lit by three suns...'

  • ‘The sky whitens as if lit by three suns. My mother shades her eyes and looks my way / Over the drifted stream'.
    • The extraordinary light imagery in the first half of this quote contrasts with the ordinary nature of the memory.
    • This quote marks the reader's realisation that the narrator's parents are on the other side of the stream from him.
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'I had not thought...'

  • 'I had not thought that it would be like this'.
    • The final line of the poem breaks with the regularity of the structure of five stanzas, each of four lines.
    • This reflects the sense of unease and lack of resolution to the poem. We realise that the narrator may be imagining joining his parents in the afterlife.

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17Recap: Main Quotes

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