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LINE BY LINE ANALYSIS of the poem “A Stone’s Throw”

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LINE BY LINE ANALYSIS of the poem “A Stone’s Throw”

In today’s lesson, we will undertake a line-by-line analysis of “A Stone’s Throw” by Elma Mitchell. This video is part of a 20-video series where we deeply analyze the 20 CSEC English B poems for the upcoming exams. In this comprehensive analysis, we will be sure to comb through every single line of the poem. Also, we will look at the poetic devices used and the effects they have. Additionally, we will look at how ten important themes are tackled by this vicious poem.

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0:00 Intro to the Poem
3:21 Reading the Poem
4:38 Intro to the Analysis
5:56 SECTION 1: THE LITERAL MEANING
5:59 Title
7:00 Stanza 1 (Literal Meaning)
7:47 Stanza 2 (Literal Meaning)
9:12 Stanza 3 (Literal Meaning)
9:56 Stanza 4 (Literal Meaning)
10:58 Stanza 5 (Literal Meaning)
11:10 Stanza 6 (Literal Meaning)
13:26 Stanza 7 (Literal Meaning)
14:07 SECTION 2: DEEPER MEANING
14:11 Title (Deeper Meaning)
17:50 Stanza 1 (Deeper Meaning)
21:43 Stanza 2 (Deeper Meaning)
28:03 Stanza 3 (Deeper Meaning)
30:50 Stanza 4 (Deeper Meaning)
35:49 Stanza 5 (Deeper Meaning)
36:13 Stanza 6 (Deeper Meaning)
40:09 Stanza 7 (Deeper Meaning)
40:50 SECTION 3: THEMES
41:19 Abuse of Religion (Theme)
42:00 Abuse of Power (Theme)
42:23 Double Standards (Theme)
43:11 Judgment and Hypocrisy (Theme)
43:55 Religion vs Morality (Theme)
44:51 Gender Inequality (Theme)
45:37 Gender Roles and Stereotypes (Theme)
46:28 Victim Blaming (Theme)
46:55 Appearance vs Reality (Theme)
47:23 Selective Empathy (Theme)