How does the lanuage used create effects? The following paragraphs explore how language is used to create effects in the poem Not my Best Side by U. A. Fanthorpe‚ an ekphrastic poem that uses the free verse form arranged in three stanzas of nineteen lines each. It’s purpose is to entertain‚ which it does through the use of humour‚ using Standard English in an informal‚ conversational manner. Dramatic monologues from the characters re-tell from their own perspective‚ the historical myth of a
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Compare the contexts of Ishiguro’s “Never Let Me Go”‚ Hardy’s “Far From the Madding Crowd” and the poems of U.A Fanthorpe The contextual background to these works set a framework for the themes and ideas to be revealed. Learning about the reflection of the authors’ own individuality in their work helps us understand characters and plots more easily. Also‚ the external influences (both societal and from relationships) elucidate the aims of the authors’. “Far From the Madding Crowd” was written
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acting above us‚ whilst The Tyger‚ by William Blake‚ describes the creation of the tiger and who its creator might be‚ again showing God as immensely powerful‚ but in this case he is shown as intimidating and frightening. Half-past Two‚ by U.A. Fanthorpe‚ portrays a young child‚ ignorant of the adult measurement of time‚ and his experience as he “escaped into the clockless land for ever”; this poem introduces a different force acting upon the character: time‚ and the different manners in which we
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Lawrence and ‘Poem at Thirty-Nine’ by Alice 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
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genuinely unique. Paolo Uccello (Italian‚ 1397-1475)‚ created the oil on canvas painting St. George and the Dragon‚ 1470. Almost five hundred and twenty years later‚ Uccello’s painting inspired another artist in her own right‚ Ursula Askham Fanthorpe. Fanthorpe‚ an English poet‚ found herself moved by Uccello’s painting and was inspired to write the poem‚ “Not My Best Side” (1989). The concept of ekphrasis displays how both contrasting mediums can create inspiration individually‚ as well as the unique
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variations of concerns. Both “You’ll be hearing from us shortly” and “Reports” Illustrates that both of these 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
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Half Past Two ’Half Past Two’ is a poem in which Fanthorpe describes how a young child is given a detention for an unspecified misdemeanor and is forgotten by his teacher. Fanthorpe draws on her experience as a teacher to describe the scene as seen through the child’s eyes. The Title of the poem tells me a lot of information even before I read the poem. The information it puts across is that: A boy is told to stay behind until ’Half Past Two’ but this has no-meaning to him because he has no concept
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Discuss how the theme of childhood is presented in the poems “Piano” and “Half-past Two” The theme of childhood is presented in the poem “Piano” and “Half-past two”. The poem Half-past two‚ written by U.A Fanthorpe‚ is all about how vulnerable children and their childish innocence. In both poems the poets present childhood in different and exceptional way. In "Piano"‚ childhood is presented in a very idealistic way. The poet is remembering the good old times when he was sitting under the piano
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Comparison of poems ’Refugee Blues’ and ’You Will Be Hearing from Us Shortly’ The poem ’Refugee Blues’ is written by W.H. Auden‚ an Anglo-American poet. ’You Will Be Hearing from Us Shortly’ is written by U.A. Fanthorpe. Both the poems discuss about the prejudice and discrimination through the use of tone and language. W.H.Auden particularly deals with topics about moral and political issues. ’Refugee Blues’ deals with the abuse of human rights experienced not only by the German Jews‚ but by
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each poem conveys them in a different manner‚ but there are some similarities as well. Firstly I will talk about what each poem is about and what attitude and themes they possess compared to the other two. In the poem half past two by UA fanthorpe a boy is given detention for an unspecified misdemeanour‚ and is later on forgotten by his teacher. The boy however has no concept of proper time‚ and therefore drifts off into a sort of daydream. This is hinted in stanza 7‚ which says “Into the
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