Comparing Hitcher And The Laboratory
Comparison of
“Hitcher” and “The Laboratory”
Despite being written almost two centuries apart both ‘The laboratory’ and but Robert Browning and ‘Hitcher’ but Simon Armitage deal with themes of jealousy, resentment and violence as well as many other similarities and differences.
‘Hitcher’ is about a depressed man who is deeply angered and takes his frustration out on an innocent hitch hiker spontaneously.
‘The Laboratory’ is about a woman who, driven by jealousy, wants to poison her husband’s mistress.
There are many themes that are seen in both the poems. These include Revenge, Anger, Depression and Death. The two key themes in the both poems; Murder and Jealousy are both portrayed in different ways according to each killer’s motives.
In ‘The Laboratory’ the woman …show more content…
‘The Laboratory’, written in 1845, contains many complex sentence structures and a high range of punctuation. It is a detailed poem of great length at 12 stanzas, and shows a gentler, calmer approach to a terrible crime in a formal way with the use of archaic language such as “prithee” and “ensnared”. Whereas Armitage’s ‘Hitcher’, a shorter poem containing a mere 5 stanzas each accommodating 5 lines, includes minor details and focuses more on the violent side of murder was written at a much later date and takes on a much more informal modern tone with the use of slang words such as “stitch that”.
Browning uses rhyme effectively thought his poem, using it to convey the woman’s excitement at being able to get revenge. On the other hand Armitage used loose rhyme, possibly to avoid conforming to societies rules.
Personification is used in both poems but for different reasons.
Armitage uses personification in the line
“but the ansaphone kept
“Hitcher” and “The Laboratory”
Despite being written almost two centuries apart both ‘The laboratory’ and but Robert Browning and ‘Hitcher’ but Simon Armitage deal with themes of jealousy, resentment and violence as well as many other similarities and differences.
‘Hitcher’ is about a depressed man who is deeply angered and takes his frustration out on an innocent hitch hiker spontaneously.
‘The Laboratory’ is about a woman who, driven by jealousy, wants to poison her husband’s mistress.
There are many themes that are seen in both the poems. These include Revenge, Anger, Depression and Death. The two key themes in the both poems; Murder and Jealousy are both portrayed in different ways according to each killer’s motives.
In ‘The Laboratory’ the woman …show more content…
‘The Laboratory’, written in 1845, contains many complex sentence structures and a high range of punctuation. It is a detailed poem of great length at 12 stanzas, and shows a gentler, calmer approach to a terrible crime in a formal way with the use of archaic language such as “prithee” and “ensnared”. Whereas Armitage’s ‘Hitcher’, a shorter poem containing a mere 5 stanzas each accommodating 5 lines, includes minor details and focuses more on the violent side of murder was written at a much later date and takes on a much more informal modern tone with the use of slang words such as “stitch that”.
Browning uses rhyme effectively thought his poem, using it to convey the woman’s excitement at being able to get revenge. On the other hand Armitage used loose rhyme, possibly to avoid conforming to societies rules.
Personification is used in both poems but for different reasons.
Armitage uses personification in the line
“but the ansaphone kept