Give by Simon Armitage
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- Created on: 02-10-14 18:00
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- Give
- Poem
- About the embarrassment when we meet people who are different to us in an obvious way
- Issues of identity and value of human life
- Grim humour and sarcasm
- Continuous use of "you" makes the reader focus on how they behave when approached by homeless in the street
- Theme
- Theatrical theme; "scene", "public place"= theatre. He is a street performer.
- Form and Structure
- 5 Stanzas
- 5 stanzas +their length makes the poem look like an outstretched hand
- 5 stanzas= 5 parts of a play eg. tragedy. The homeless man's life is a tragedy
- 5 Stanzas
- Simon Armitage
- Encourages laziness and dependence on charity with the portrayal of the weak and sorry character
- Writes about people who are 'abnormalities in scoiety'
- Poem
- Simon Armitage
- Encourages laziness and dependence on charity with the portrayal of the weak and sorry character
- Writes about people who are 'abnormalities in scoiety'
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