every nerve in his body had tightened and closed. Then‚ and only then‚ did I come close. I believe that Relationships are the connections between people which can be expressed in many different ways or situations. In the poem ‘manhunt’ by Simon Armitage he explores the relationship between a wife and her husband‚ whom is an injured solider who has returned from war. In nettles‚ the relationship is between a farther and his son who has fallen into a "bed of nettles." Both poets show the consideration
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What do you think about the affect war has on relationships and how does the Author present this in ‘The Manhunt’? The poem ‘The Manhunt’ by Simon Armitage is written from a wife’s perspective based on a true story about how she is trying to reconnect with her husband who has been away at war in Bosnia and returned a completely different person to the one who left her. She is still madly in love with him but soon realises that maybe he doesn’t feel the same way anymore. Throughout the poem the author
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61(5)‚ 405-407. doi:10.1037/0003-066X.61.5.405 Gold Medal Awards for Life Achievement: George Armitage Miller. (1991). American Psychologist‚ 46(4)‚ 326-328. doi:10.1037/0003-066X.46.4.326 McClelland‚ J. L. (2001). Retrieved from http://mechanism.ucsd.edu/teaching/w07/philpsych/smith.cogpsychhistory.pdf Miller‚ G. (2012). Retrieved from http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=cognitive psychology Simon‚ H. A. (1993). Allen Newell (1927–1992): Obituary. American Psychologist‚ 48(11)‚ 1148-1149
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How the poets explore the concept of loss in “Mid-Term Break” and “Mother any Distance” In this essay‚ the concept of loss will be discussed in the poems “Mother‚ Any Distance” by Simon Armitage and “Mid-Term Break”; which is an autobiographical poem by Seamus Heaney based in Northern Ireland which looks at denial and regret felt in loss whereas “Mother‚ Any Distance” explores the loss in the relationship of a family. The metaphorical use of “counting bells knelling classes to
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Walker‚ all show a different parent and child relationships but at the same time come down to one aspect‚ love and care. The other three poems‚ ‘Hide and Seek’ by Vernon Scannell‚ ‘Half-past Two’ by U.A. Fanthorpe and ‘My father thought it’ by Simon Armitage‚ bring out a slightly different theme of childhood and focus on the feelings of regret and betrayal. David Herbert Lawrence was born on 11 September 1885. He was an English novelist‚ poet‚ playwright‚ essayist and literary critic. One of his
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Comparative Essay – “How does the writer present fear in Out of the Blue and Belfast Confetti”? In both Out of the Blue by Simon Armitage and Belfast Confetti by Ciaran Carson‚ the poets both present fear through a number of techniques. Both describe a city and its civilians under attack‚ exposing the impacts of terrorism on its victims. They are similarly written in a free-verse structure‚ which clearly illustrates the exposed and fearful state in which the ‘narrators’ are left in. In Belfast
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Poetry Across Time Section A: ‘Relationships’ You must hit each of the following assessment objectives; failure to do so will result in a significantly reduced mark: 1 insightful exploratory response to text (your ideas about aspects of the poems) 2 close analysis of detail to support interpretation (analysis of key quotations) 3 evaluation of writers’ uses of language and/or structure and/or form and effects on readers ( analysis of techniques and effects) 4 convincing/imaginative interpretation
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Maid by Thomas Hardy‚ the poem is a conversation between two female friends‚ the poem depicts a young country girl who has become a rich man’s mistress or a prostitute to escape her own poverty and the friend seems to envy her. Lastly‚ ‘Give’ by Simon Armitage‚ the poem is about homelessness and the way society reacts to beggars‚ the poem is in the eyes and voice of a beggar. I will be exploring the ways these emotional voices are presented and used to challenge the stereotypes. Society tend to judge
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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 clearly had different backgrounds growing up by the way the write their poems. Grace Nichols (the writer of ‘Praise song for my Mother’) comes from Guyana and had ‘lots of freedom as she was growing up’ (quoted
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Mule Killers Lydia Peelle’s story ‘Mule Killers’ is a story about unrequited love and its consequences and the change from child to adult. ‘Mule Killers’ is told by a narrator‚ who is telling the story of his father meeting his mother. The father of the narrator tells his story about his unhappy youth to his son meantime they are working in a garden. The father’s story takes place when he was about eighteen years old‚ and the time where tractors replace mules as a agricultural tool. The
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