countryside to the city of Hull‚ where Larkin lived for the last thirty years of his life. The descriptive words used to describe the motion of his journey "swerving" (which is repeated throughout the 1st stanza to represent movement) and “harsh-named halt" suggest a train journey in which‚ in the 1st stanza‚ Larkin describes to the reader what observes. He can see everyday life during his journey‚ "traffic"‚ "workmen at dawn". He also describes his journey into hull by the use of the widening of the river
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the comparison of him and an inanimate object. This is due to life’s difficulties and the adversities of unemployment. Throughout the first stanza‚ the sentences are short and full of caesuras. This depicts the thiefs state of mind where the pauses show the confusion and chaos in her mind which doesn’t let her be able to think properly. The second stanza contains a lot of violence with the words‚ "dead‚ frozen stiff‚ fierce chill‚ piercing my gut‚" which can mirror the tough times in the 1980’s
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clear that the males are attracted to her. The poem contains seven stanzas with four lines in each stanza. It is a narrative poem because it has a plot about a beautiful woman trying to use her ways of seduction‚ but the men are too threatened of it and they soon run off. There is no rhyming scheme although there are some rhymes like “afternoon” and “spoon”. Each stanza does not have rhyming endings‚ only four out of seven stanzas have a rhyming scheme. An interested thing that the readers might notice
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the similarity between the sea and the dog. The very first line of the first stanza spells out the metaphor quite clearly: “The sea is a hungry dog”. Moreover‚ the rest of the poem reinforces this idea by frequently referring to a dog’s physionomy: teeth‚ jaws‚ gnaws‚ bones‚ paws‚ sounds (howls‚ snores‚ licking‚ moans)‚ and movement (rolls‚ bounds to his feet‚ shaking his wet sides). In the first stanza‚ the angry sea is described as a hungry dog who is gnawing at a bone. In fact
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How do the Poets McCrae‚ Kirkup and Owen Present their Opinion of War? Through the poems "No More Hiroshima’s" and "Mental Cases‚" the poets convey their views on the impact of war‚ and the devastation it can cause; Owen’s powerful account of the effect of war on the soldiers‚ and Kirkup’s poignant description of the destruction of Hiroshima‚ is in stark contrast to McCrae’s patriotic language and use of euphemism in the poem "In Flanders Fields. Written from personal experience of war with Owen
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gives the reader an idea that it was when she was a child and that her dad was that to protect and comfort her. In stanza two the tone and mood is one of great grief and sadness as the author remembers how her father became ill. “you beached: cold‚ white-faced‚ shivering” Gives the impression that the man or her father was in hospital with some illness about to pass away. In stanza three the tone turns to one of disbelief as the author questions how her father became ill. Her loyal warrior became
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the past‚ which he feels would be uncharacteristic of his present maturity. The imagery in this poem helps to describe a picture in the reader’s mind so that the reader can sympathize with the speaker during his journeys into the past. In the first stanza‚ in the first line‚ the first image is of a woman. In the fourth line the reader learns that this woman is the speaker’s mother. The third line shows an image of a "child sitting under the piano . . . pressing the small‚ poised feet of a mother who
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someone who lost their father at a young age and is recollecting memories of their haunting past. The prevalent themes discussed in the poem‚ concerning death‚ loss and suffering‚ are enhanced by the many poetic devices employed by the poet. The first stanza adopts a foreboding tone and utilises vivid‚ striking imagery to enhance its meaning. Emotion and passion is what really sets this poem alight and brings it to life. In the first two lines‚ powerful‚ descriptive phrases such as “endless footsteps”
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point of view of a loaded gun. The gun is unused in the first stanza until the master identifies it and carries it away to use it. Throughout the poem the master and the gun become united and powerful. Once the gun has been reunited with its master they become one: “and now we roam in sovereign woods- and now we hunt the doe” which indicates that their uniting has made them powerful enough to hunt such a desirable animal. In this stanza they are fused together and they become a “we”‚ allowing the
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despite his many efforts “to get inside.” In the initial three stanzas‚ he describes the image of the wasps “shrunken to death” and “perishing” is reoccuring. In the fourth stanza‚ he analyzes the role of the wasps in a macro perspective. In the last four stanza‚ he draws a parallel with his actions of “trying again and again/ to get inside” to the wasp’s actions of “making the same effort again and again. However‚ by the last stanza‚ the speaker has come to terms with the idea that he will remain
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