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Horse Whisperer
- LANGUAGE
- Repetition
- "shouted"
- creates a
sense of
urgency and
aggression
- creates a
sense of
urgency and
aggression
- "shouted"
- Imagery
- First 2 stanzas create sense of magical spell
- First 2 stanzas create sense of magical spell
- Repetition
- IDEAS
- Sense of
loss at the
end of the
poem
- Suggests the
change was not
completely for
the better
- Suggests the
change was not
completely for
the better
- Sense of
loss at the
end of the
poem
- THEMES
- Move from
traditional to
modern techniques
- Reference to the tractor
- People he helped
turn against him
- Reference to the tractor
- Close
relationship
between horse
and man
- 1st person narrative
- 1st person narrative
- Move from
traditional to
modern techniques
- STRUCTURE
- Free verse
- Stanzas shorten in
length throughout poem
- until penultimate verse
- Could represent...
- change in Horse
Whisperer's status
- change to his happiness
- metaphor for the way in which
rural trades and secrets are
dwindling
- change in Horse
Whisperer's status
- Could represent...
- until penultimate verse
- Structured like a story
- 1st and 2nd
stanzas - how
the Horse
Whisperer is
valued for his
ability
- 3rd stanza -
people turn
against him
- 4th and 5th
stanzas -
revenge, escape,
longing for the
horses he left
behind
- 1st and 2nd
stanzas - how
the Horse
Whisperer is
valued for his
ability
- Free verse
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