“Box Room” by Liz Lochhead is a poem that I think is relevant to a teenage audience. The poetic techniques used in the poem such as word choice‚ theme and imagery help to achieve this. “Box Room” is a poem about a girl who is going to her boyfriend’s mother’s house to meet his mother for the first time. The mother is not really thrilled when she meets this girl and the poet makes clear throughout the poem makes clear throughout the poem that the two women do not get along. Liz Lochhead makes this
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The `Box Room’ by Liz Lochhead is a poem which describes a girl’s stay at her boyfriend’s childhood home‚ and her encounter with the boyfriend’s mother. As the poem title suggests the girl is to spend the weekend in the Box Room‚ which was her boyfriend’s room as he lived and grew up in the family home. This essay will look at the theme of relationships by examining the conflict between the boyfriend’s mother and the girlfriend by using word choice and minor sentences. The poet uses minor sentences
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have succumbed to the lure of stereotypical representations” is certainly apocryphal when applied to Liz Lochhead’s “Rapunzstiltskin”‚ which promulgates “our maiden’s” autonomy and‚ indeed‚ her independence. Certainly‚ Lochhead’s use of the noun – “maiden” – is employed to connote archaic suggestions of an unmarried woman rescued by “the knight in shining armour”; this fickle romanticism is what Lochhead ultimately sets out to erode. Primarily‚ Lochhead’s use of language reflects upon the perspective
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[pic] Contents 1) ‘Box Room’ – the poem 2) Summary 3) Key Quotes & Analysis 4) Practice Essay Questions 5) Evaluation Guide 6) Worked Essay plan 7) Suggested Revision Tasks 8) Useful Evaluative Phrases 9) Personal Notes Box Room First the welcoming. Smiles all round. A space For handshakes. Then she put me in my place – (Oh‚ with concern for my comfort). ‘This room Was always his – when he comes
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poem in which the creation of mood or atmosphere is an important feature. Show how the poet creates a mood or atmosphere‚ and discuss its importance in your appreciation of the poem as a whole. A poem which I recently studied was Box Room by Liz Lochhead. This poem focuses on the recount of a girlfriend meeting her boyfriends’ mother for the very first time. For the duration of her stay‚ the girl stays in her boyfriend’s childhood room; this is the ’box room’ referred to in the title. The poem
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Vu Ngoc Giang Poem for my sister “Poem for my sister” is another opus of Liz Lochhead about the relationship between a big sister and her younger sister. Furthermore‚ it’s her feelings towards her sister’s process of growing up. In stanza one‚ Liz tells us of an everyday occurrence – her sister trying on her shoes‚ she uses heeled shoes as a metaphor for life and how her sister is experimenting with it : My little sister likes to try my shoes‚ to strut in them‚ admire her spindle-thin twelve-year-old
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and tatties on Burns day celebrations is not a laughing matter – as Scotland celebrates one of its most prized poets and writers. Scotland’s literary heritage is something to be extremely proud of: from Sir Walter Scott and Sir Arthur Conan to Liz Lochhead‚ Carol Ann Duffy and Edwin Morgan Scotland have a rich and diverse literary heritage. With such a strong sense of identity Scotland must surely wish to come out from the shadow of Britain without having to be associated with
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Duffy and Lochhead both write about memories. Compare and contrast two poems‚ one by each poet‚ taking account of the methods (situation‚ form and structure‚ and language‚ including imagery and tones) which each poet uses to write about their memories. Everyone has vivid memories of positive and negative experiences they have gone through. These memories often are often more than just nostalgia but an insight into what shaped us into who were are today. Duffy and Lochhead are no different and use
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Morgan‚ George Mackay Brown and Robert Garioch (Fraser 185). Poet Sorley Maclean (1911-1996)‚ also known as Somhairle MacGill-Eain in Gaelic‚ helped to prove that the Gaelic language could have traditional expression (Fraser 185). Douglas Dunn and Liz Lochhead appeared during the 1960s and 1970s as revered poets of the time (Fraser 185). Within recent years‚ Robert Crawford‚ Carol Anne Duffy‚ and Don Patterson have created their own reputations as Scottish poets (Fraser 185). One of the most notable
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John Lochhead Tobey 5 10/11/10 American Revolution The phrase “no taxation without representation” was used in Boston but no one is sure who first used it. Boston politician James Otis was famously associated with the phrase “taxation without representation is tyranny.” The British Parliament had
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