The Planners - Boey Kim Cheng - Poetry Analysis
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- Created on: 15-05-15 19:10
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- The Planners
- structure
- 3 stanzas
- unequal length
- 14 verses
- 9 verses
- 4 verses
- unequal length
- no rhyme scheme
- irregular structure
- reflects disliking of order and perfectionist world
- 3 stanzas
- Stanza 1
- "grace" of mathematics
- beauty and divine power
- mathematics replaces beauty
- beauty and divine power
- short sentences to the point
- describing planners as "they"
- creates distance between poet, reader, and planners
- showing how their plans are unoriginal
- describes the power of the planners as they do what they want and no one can do anything about it
- also powerful as they are a group
- cannot be defeated as the enemy is unknown and too powerful
- even nature has given up
- "they build and will not stop"
- cannot be defeated as the enemy is unknown and too powerful
- even nature has given up
- cannot be defeated as the enemy is unknown and too powerful
- cannot be defeated as the enemy is unknown and too powerful
- "all spaces are gridded"
- they control everywhere
- they are even present in poetry
- "gridded" shows a tightly planned area with geometric units
- strictly logical
- no art
- strictly logical
- they control everywhere
- also powerful as they are a group
- describing planners as "they"
- "grace" of mathematics
- stanza 2
- "they erase the flaws,the blemishes of the past"
- poet shows the flaws give the town its character
- poet criticizes removal of the past
- she believes people should remember their past
- they might forget the past of their town
- rewrite history
- "they have" shows that what they did is done, and can't be changed
- "drilling goes right through"
- they destroy history without caring about the past
- she believes people should remember their past
- planners are compared to dentists
- many people dislike dentists
- not a form of praise
- "gleaming gold"
- fake gold
- "perfect rows of shining teeth"
- Boring uniform
- anaesthesia, hypnosis etc
- showing that planners are in full control
- also affects memory
- poet criticizes removal of the past
- she believes people should remember their past
- they might forget the past of their town
- rewrite history
- "they have" shows that what they did is done, and can't be changed
- "drilling goes right through"
- they destroy history without caring about the past
- she believes people should remember their past
- poet criticizes removal of the past
- drilling, when they destroy old buildings
- "it will not hurt"
- to show the planners' trying not to let anyone feel pain
- unnatural
- to show the planners' trying not to let anyone feel pain
- "they erase the flaws,the blemishes of the past"
- Stanza 3
- heart represents love
- bleeding represents pain
- rebelling by feeling pain
- heart represents love
- cannot be inspired by an unoriginal place
- rebelling by feeling pain
- poetry is inspiration
- rebelling by feeling pain
- cannot be inspired by an unoriginal place
- rebelling by feeling pain
- past's tomorrow
- the present
- Boey Kim Cheng
- born 1965 in Singapore
- Singapore has a lot of infrastructure and industry
- still alive (2015)
- born 1965 in Singapore
- structure
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