B1 Poetry Diction - The House of the Mind

The speaker's inner resilience or ability to face challenges.

• Strength

• Tapestry

• Mind

A woven fabric, often with intricate designs.

• Strength

• Tapestry

• Mind

The distant edge of where the sky meets the earth, representing new opportunities, the unknown, and the future.

• Horizon

• Strength

• Roots

A metaphor for the speaker's origins, family, and cultural or personal background.

• Mind

• Roots

• Taspestry

A point of entry or transition.

• Roots

• Threshold

• Tapestry

A fragrant wood often used in perfumes and incense, symbolizing warmth, comfort, and familiarity.

• Sandalwood

• Threshold

• Roots

A type of brown tint used in old photographs, symbolizing the fading and distant nature of the speaker's memories.

• Sepia Tone

• Taspetry

• Mind

Soft, quiet sounds or voices, representing subtle and distant echoes of the past.

• Sepia Tone

• Whispers

• Strength

Recollections of past experiences, emotions, and events.

• Memories

• Whispers

• Roots

The speaker's inner world, including their thoughts, memories, and emotions.

• Strength

• Whisper

• Mind