'As if, at the centre of the earth, spins a giant yo-yo 'to which everything is attached by an invisible string.’ This is an extended metaphor as it is linked to a metaphor in the last stanza. “And homage paid to the giant yo-yo” This tells us that when someone dies and have been buried their bodies decay and is given back to the earth as a mark of respect. 'a shape that can outwit air, that has slipped the knot. But no. The earth turns the winch tightens, it is wound in' This is important because by outwitting the air it s like trying to trick death which is what many people try to do because they fear of it. This is because when we die we enter the unknown and people often feel threatened about being vulnerable by not knowing what will happen. 'Attempting to Defy Gravity, and will surely succeed.’ You defy gravity when you die so the speaker is saying that his friend will surely die. 'Now seven stones lighter, his wife carries him aw Kwardly from room to room.' It is written in such a way to make it awkward to read and to emphasise the awkwardness of the
'As if, at the centre of the earth, spins a giant yo-yo 'to which everything is attached by an invisible string.’ This is an extended metaphor as it is linked to a metaphor in the last stanza. “And homage paid to the giant yo-yo” This tells us that when someone dies and have been buried their bodies decay and is given back to the earth as a mark of respect. 'a shape that can outwit air, that has slipped the knot. But no. The earth turns the winch tightens, it is wound in' This is important because by outwitting the air it s like trying to trick death which is what many people try to do because they fear of it. This is because when we die we enter the unknown and people often feel threatened about being vulnerable by not knowing what will happen. 'Attempting to Defy Gravity, and will surely succeed.’ You defy gravity when you die so the speaker is saying that his friend will surely die. 'Now seven stones lighter, his wife carries him aw Kwardly from room to room.' It is written in such a way to make it awkward to read and to emphasise the awkwardness of the