aunt julia
The incoherent language spoken by Aunt Julia
What is Gaelic?
Number of lit windows in stanza one; Also, number of marks Calum Baker lost in the SST section of the prelim
What is a million?
Delicate stroke of MacCaig's nose
What is combs?
Full name of the subject of the poem; Escaper of his father's wrath
Who is St Francis of Assisi?
Animal that the cop's build resembles; Also known for beating itself
What is a gorilla?
Location of Aunt Julia's grave 💀
What is Luskentyre?
Two New York buildings mentioned in stanza one; still standing after 2001
What is the Empire State Building and the PanAm skyscraper?
Ward number that MacCaig's wife stays in; Number of the bus that serves Dunbar
What is 7?
What are birds?
Phrase cop says to his wife upon departure; Somebody's last words defo
What is 'See you, babe'?
Ancient coin that Aunt Julia keeps in a teapot
What are threepennybits?
Noise MacCaig hears from the radio and television set; Also made by Calum Baker while he plays tennis
What are the wildest of warwhoops?
Colours of the hospital corridors; Colour of Jack Douglas' produce on the bus back from battlefields
What are green and yellow?
Description of the dwarf's legs; Calum Baker
What is tiny and twisted?
Tool used by the cop; Alternatively, an alternate word for an alternate word for a sports franchise
What is a nightstick?
Sound that MacCaig listens to in the box bed
What are crickets being friendly?
Noise that comes from coldwater flats; Also, noise made by Calum Baker after he lost all his marks on the SST because he used the wrong lines
What is harsh screaming?
Oxymoron that is also the poem's final words!
What are fruitless fruits?
Name of the person who painted the frescoes in the church x
The last stanza in FULL
What is 'who would be who have to be his victims'?
The motion and device involved in Aunt Julia's making of yarn.
What is paddling and spinningwheel?
Type of barrier cited in the poem.
What are stockades?
Vertical transportation device that is simultaneously used to transport those dead and alive
What is a lift?
Fluid wept by the dwarf; Typically white/yellow
What is pus?
What is Phoebe's Whamburger and Louie's Place?