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- 1Meaning of Medusa.Is about a woman who thinks her body is transforming into a monster because she thinks her husband is cheating on her.
- 2Imagery of Medusa.Appropriate types of stone for each living thing that Medusa kills: a "dull grey pebble" for the bee; a "housebrick" for a ginger cat. The sizes of the stones increase through the poem.
- 3Tone of Medusa.Threatening tone 'Look at me now'.
- 4Structure/Form of Medusa.The poem is in free verse, structured around the woman's transformation. She starts with a bee and her victims increase in size until she changes a dragon into a volcano. Finally she turns her attention to the man who broke her heart.
- 5Language of Medusa.Using swearing, two more rhetorical questions suggest how upset and sad she is about her husband cheating.
- 6Themes of Medusa.Isolation,Love,Revenge,Identity.
- 7Meaning of The Clown Punk.The poet is driving through a dodgy part of town, when he sees a punk covered in tattoos, the punk is a outsider in society.
- 8Imagery of The Clown Punk.Image in the poem makes the man seem childish. Re-image a heavily tattooed body 'every pixel'/
- 9Tone of The Clown Punk.Sorrowful Minner.
- 10Structure/Form of the Clown Punk.14-sonnet.
Sonnet form, Ironic because sonnet are usually associated with love. - 11Language of The Clown Punk.Very Northern 'Slathers his daft mush'.
- 12Themes of The Clown Punk.Isolation,Identity.
- 13Meaning/Form Of The River God.The River God is about personified as a human who is warning the reader that he should not be underestimated.
- 14Imagery of The River God.'She lies in my beautiful deep river bed with many a weed to hold her'-Prisoner.
- 15Tone of The River God.'As i throw them up now and then in the spirit of clowning' Spiteful.
- 16Structure of The River God.The lines flow into one another. River itself flowing. 1 stanza-Solid unbreakable force. Rhyme scheme 'But i can drown the fools.'
- 17Language of The River God.Repetition of the word 'Beautiful' River can be both smelly and beautiful-Unpredictable so beware.
'Black,Cold'-Sinister+Dangerous. - 18Themes Of The River God.Power, Control, Identity.
- 19Meaning of The HunchBack.It about a homeless man who spends his day alone in the park.
- 20Imagery of The HunchBack.'Old dog sleeper'- Metaphor compared to a dog/low status.
'Like the park birds he came early'.-blends into the background no one sees him and ignored. - 21Tone of The HunchBack.Sympathetic' hunchbacked in mockery'. they only time he is noticed is when he is being laughed at.
- 22Structure of The HunchBack.6 Lines per stanza- constant routine alway returning to the park. No rhyme, takes each day at it comes reflects life as a homeless man.
- 23Language of The HunchBackRepetition 'chained' image of prisoner- he cant escape from his situation.
- 24Themes of The HunchBackIsolation, Identity.
- 25Meaning of Les Grands Seigneurs.Relationship between men and women and romantic love. Initially the poem seems to be a celebration of courtly love, but a twist suggests marriage changes everything.
- 26Imagery of Les Grands Seigneurs.Hyperbolic and extraordinary metaphors, some of which reference the era of knights and damsels - "castellated towers" and "buttresses" are architectural features of medieval castles.
- 27Tone of Les Grands Seigneurs.Starts of love and relationship but in the final stanza that is reversed into the dark idea of marriage.
- 28Structure/Form of Les Grands Seigneurs.The poem has 15 lines, only one line short of a sonnet, a form usually associated with romantic love.
- 29Language of Les Grands Seigneurs.Formal language , there are complex sentences also good use of Metaphors and alliteration.
Black humour is used. - 30Themes of Les Grands Seigneurs.Love, Control, Power.
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- Fichas sobre Poetry , creado por locke el 25/03/2015.
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