Compare how the poets present love in “Nettles” and in one other poem from the Relationships cluster. In ‘Nettles’‚ Vernon the relationship shown is the relationship that is shared between a father and his young 3 year old son who had fallen into a bed of stinging nettles. In ‘The Manhunt’‚ the poem Simon Armitage writes about the relationship that is shared between a wife and her husband who is an injured soldier who has just returned home from war. Both of these poets write about and explore
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poets show similar concerns on how‚ both show judgemental analysis‚ as an ideal as what we have to come up with later on this essay. Both UA Fanthorpe and Vernon Scannell illustrates to each of their poems share similar concerns. Hide and seek &Half past two are written in third person perspectives‚ by both poets. The tone of Hide and seek are descriptive‚ and simple and some personifications into it. But when it heads towards the near end of the poem the speaker changes the whole tone into; lonely
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these myths. Vernon Scannell‚ Siegfried Sassoon and Wilfrid Owen suffered throughout the war and wrote the poems The Great War‚ Suicide in the Trenches and Dulce et Decorum Est to inform the people at home about the cruel realities of war with their attention to sensory detail and vivid imagery so that the audience may be as close to experiencing the war for themselves. The myth that war was in fact great and that men should be happy to serve for the greater good was obliterated by Vernon Scannell’s
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Nettles by Vernon Scannell The poem ‘Nettles’ by Vernon Scannell revolves around a father’s perspective on an accident involving his son‚ through which the poet explores a father-son relationship‚ wherein the father tries to protect his son from the various difficulties in life. However‚ despite his efforts to shield his son from these problems‚ they will be a constant threat in life. The boy here is a metaphor for the army‚ with the nettles being an extended metaphor of recurring war. The combined
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“Poetry focusing on villainy and wrongdoing or even on foolish characters with dark minds‚ often produces engaging material for the reader or the listener”. Consider in what ways foolishness and villainy appears in your six selected poems and in what ways‚ if any‚ it may be of interest. I do agree with the title that poetry‚ villainy and wrong doing do produce more engaging pieces for the reader because everybody likes to see the villain’s attempts at success but as we see in Percy Shelley’s
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The Poets Present The Range Of Feelings Associated With Family Relationships? Parents have their own way of showing their feelings towards their children‚ whether it’s by their actions or words‚ they all have a meaning behind them. Larkin and Scannell both show their affection towards their child in different ways‚ but both want to achieve the same goal for their child‚ happiness. In the poem Born Yesterday by Philip Larkin‚ there are a lot of techniques used to present the feelings of the poet
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nights and intimate days.” As the poem goes on‚ the reader can start to recognise that the un-rhymed cuplets show how fragmented their relationship has become. In ‘Nettles’ Vernon Scannell uses elements of nature‚ the nettles‚ to portray his keen anger towards the pain his son is going through. At the beginning of the poem‚ Scannell uses soft ‘s’ sounds to emphasise the soothing of his injured son who has fallen in a nettle bed. The child is presented using emotive language. “It was no place for rest
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Write a critical appreciation of the poem INCENDIARY by Vernon Scannell. You should comment on theme‚ diction‚ tone and structure. An incendiary is a bomb which sets things on fire‚ which gets across the idea that the boy was like a dangerous weapon‚ ready to explode at any time. This poem is about a boy who sets a farm on fire in hope that he receives the attention he has been longing for. In the first line‚ the poet describes the boy to have a face “like pallid cheese”. This simile is depicts
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is not actually a poem‚ it is a praise son. Which in Guyana (where Grace Nichols was born) it is something written after a person close to them has dies. It is written to commemorate and rejoice about a persons life. ‘Nettles’ is a story about a Scannells son who falls into a pit of stinging nettles. Finally‚ ‘Harmonium’‚ ‘Harmonium’ almost says what it’s about in its title. If you break it down it makes harmony‚ which symbolises the relationship between Armitage and his father. Each of the poets
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It is clear to see that in this poem‚ the innocence of this child has been lost and the person in question is struggling with their identity. The poem seems to start with the person being very childlike and excitable with this game of “Hide and Seek” but finishes on a much more mature and anti-climactic note‚ due to the person being seemingly abandoned - this shows lose - ‚ as this cannot be definite due to us as readers not knowing who is with them‚ or if there was anyone there at
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