Nettles by Vernon Scannell Analysis
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- Created on: 22-05-13 12:36
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- Nettles by Vernon Scannell
- Imagery & Symbolism
- Military metaphors
- Green spears
- Nettles = military army
- Regiment of spite
- Personification
- The narrator has made it into a war scene
- He gets revenge
- Slashed in fury
- Brutality/ anger
- Slashed in fury
- He gets revenge
- Bullhook
- Old weapon used by peasants
- Old fashioned
- I lit a funeral pyre
- In India, the Hindi burn they're dead by putting someone on a platform of sticks and setting light to it = pyre
- The Vikings used to use pyres too
- Old fashioned
- I lit a funeral pyre
- In India, the Hindi burn they're dead by putting someone on a platform of sticks and setting light to it = pyre
- The Vikings used to use pyres too
- The nettles have been there for hundreds of years
- I lit a funeral pyre
- Old fashioned
- The nettles have been there for hundreds of years
- I lit a funeral pyre
- His anger is age old
- Ordinary people protect their children too
- Old fashioned
- Old weapon used by peasants
- The fallen dead
- Tall recruits
- Fierce parade
- Silly situation
- The nettles won't do anything
- Silly situation
- blisters beaded on his tender skin
- blisters = disturbing
- Lots of beads in a sting
- beads = decoration (unpleasant)
- tender skin = young/fragile
- Empathy from parent
- Green spears
- Green = good/natural /peaceful
- Behind the shed
- Bad things happen behind the shed
- Out of sight
- Will the boy be bullied behind the shed in the future?
- Bad things happen behind the shed
- It is no place for rest
- Ironic
- The boy came seeking comfort
- (not in a nettle bed)
- When you are young and hurt, you go straight to your parents
- He's learning how to deal with pain
- When you are older, you can deal with pain without running to your parents
- The child is learning that his parents will be there to protect him
- In two weeks the busy sun and rain had called up tall recruits behind the shed
- Nature
- Nature is harsh
- You can't deal with it
- Nature is harsh
- Never-ending
- He's never going to win
- He won't always be able to protect his son
- He's never going to win
- Continuous cycle
- The fallen dead
- Finishing the cycle
- My son would often feel sharp wounds again
- Throughout his life
- Same as beginning
- Full circle
- The fallen dead
- Nature
- Military metaphors
- Rhyme Scheme
- ABAB rhyme scheme
- Rhymes don't really stand out
- Only emphasizes certain points
- Certain words stand out
- Spears
- Tears
- Blade
- Parade
- Language
- My son
- Strong start
- aged 3
- sums up the child's defencelessness
- Fell in the nettle bed
- Doesn't use 'into'
- Does he fall down in life?
- At last he offered us a watery grin
- He had tears in his eyes
- Grin was not genuine
- Showing the parents that he is okay
- He had tears in his eyes
- My son
- Relationship between father and son
- Poem shows narrators love for his child
- He tries to protect his child
- Can't protect him all the time
- He tries to protect his child
- The narrator blames the nettles
- He feels guilty about it
- Turns the situation into a war scene
- There's nothing worse for a parent than not being there to help their child
- He feels guilty about it
- The narrator needed to be more alert
- Good relationship between the narrator and he boy
- Mutual understanding between the need of both the child and the parent
- Poem shows narrators love for his child
- Imagery & Symbolism
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