"Sky High" Hannah Roberts

The text "Sky high" contains six stanzas two of an adult and four of a child. In the first stanza H. Robert is reminiscing about her old back yard. "Silver skeletal arms throwing long, summer afternoon shadows on the lawn." The reader is drawn into the text by the technique of personification, bringing the text to life. The idea of feeling of sense of mystery is shown through the alliteration of the letter "s".. "..Struggling …

…her childhood and how age has become of her. "I now write my own semaphore secrets..." Once again remising on those times of deciphering semispherical codes, Roberts feels empathy with desire to return to the freshness of childhood pleasures. "A small, pilot light burning somewhere inside.." indicates that she still has the impulse to climb on top the washing line and swing as if she was young. The memories still playing fresh in her mind...