Brooklyn Cop (Stanza One) - Norman MacCaig
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- Created on: 31-03-21 16:49
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- brooklyn cop - stanza one
- 'built like a gorilla but less timid'
- creates a cartoon like image of an American police officer
- uses a similie
- tells us the policeman's full physical potential because gorillas are seemed strong and brutal
- 'but less timid' tells us that the cop is a strong and brave person but he implies that the cop is less timid than a not timid gorilla
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- 'thick fleshed, steak-coloured'
- word choice compare the cop to a piece of meat
- 'two hieroglyphs in his face'
- his eyes could be difficult to read
- the hieroglyphs could be scars from previous experiences
- hieroglyphs are carved into stone so MacCaig could be telling us his face was unchanging and stuck that way
- 'he walks the sidewalk and the thin tissue over violence'
- tells us that violence isn't far away
- uses a symbol and a metaphor
- the thin tissue is a metaphor and a sympbol for how fragile peace is and that peace is always too close to be broken
- tissues are easily ripped and the fact that there is a thin one over violence just shows us how violent the streets are
- 'when he said "See you, babe" to his wife, he hoped it, he truly hoped it.'
- the repetition of 'hoped it' emphasises the danger of the job because he might not come back. the point is made more genuine by the word 'truely'
- humanises the cop - takes our attention away from the comparison to a gorilla
- 'he is a gorilla'
- repeated image from first line
- metaphor this time, not a simile
- emphasises his animalistic instincts and behaviours
- 'built like a gorilla but less timid'
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