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CV – Simon Armitage
Simon Armitage was a prohibition officer for 6 years. In the poem CV he describes a life of a man who struggles throughout his life. This poem could be reflecting on people or incidents Armitage faced white he was prohibition officer as it is common to work with lower class, struggling people with limited opportunity , drug dealers and etc. Armitage uses his working life as an influence in his work.
CV portrays a skeleton of a person. CV is not sufficient by itself as it doesn’t provide personal/emotional information about one but just boring details of achievements.
Working class English diction emphasizes his lower working class jobs.
Armitage writes in a monotone to portray that this man’s jobs are boring a , not something that is enjoyable. It follows the same story line in each stanza, he gets hired, and either gets bored or fired of the job and gets fired. This therefore shows that to live you have to work and doesn’t matter you if enjoy it.
1. Each stanza portrays a different story. “Thumbed it” catching a ride
2. In this stanza he portrays his first job. Gets sacked for being late
3. Gets bored of this job.
4. Stanza 4 he tries to fit in to his jobs but can’t. No stimulation in these jobs, not giving people any opportunities. Hard and difficult work. Same monotonous sequence of job. Starts the job, pranks, gets sacked.
5. He takes control of his life but instead decides to quit the job due to the frustration due to the social class and he can see through the phoniness of the society.
6. Sense of humor and comedy which is ironic. He painted it 4 times but it’s never perfect just like his life. Bridge is a metaphor for his life.
7. Trying slightly different jobs. His job is wearing the costume of a horse and he’s the back end of the job. He is a doormat for other people. Panto horse is a seasonal job. Also being the back end describes his life in society, living in the ass of society. He is dealing with all the rubbish in
Simon Armitage was a prohibition officer for 6 years. In the poem CV he describes a life of a man who struggles throughout his life. This poem could be reflecting on people or incidents Armitage faced white he was prohibition officer as it is common to work with lower class, struggling people with limited opportunity , drug dealers and etc. Armitage uses his working life as an influence in his work.
CV portrays a skeleton of a person. CV is not sufficient by itself as it doesn’t provide personal/emotional information about one but just boring details of achievements.
Working class English diction emphasizes his lower working class jobs.
Armitage writes in a monotone to portray that this man’s jobs are boring a , not something that is enjoyable. It follows the same story line in each stanza, he gets hired, and either gets bored or fired of the job and gets fired. This therefore shows that to live you have to work and doesn’t matter you if enjoy it.
1. Each stanza portrays a different story. “Thumbed it” catching a ride
2. In this stanza he portrays his first job. Gets sacked for being late
3. Gets bored of this job.
4. Stanza 4 he tries to fit in to his jobs but can’t. No stimulation in these jobs, not giving people any opportunities. Hard and difficult work. Same monotonous sequence of job. Starts the job, pranks, gets sacked.
5. He takes control of his life but instead decides to quit the job due to the frustration due to the social class and he can see through the phoniness of the society.
6. Sense of humor and comedy which is ironic. He painted it 4 times but it’s never perfect just like his life. Bridge is a metaphor for his life.
7. Trying slightly different jobs. His job is wearing the costume of a horse and he’s the back end of the job. He is a doormat for other people. Panto horse is a seasonal job. Also being the back end describes his life in society, living in the ass of society. He is dealing with all the rubbish in