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- Created by: annapowell
- Created on: 21-05-18 11:48
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- A02
- The rhyme scheme ABAB CDCD EFEF GHGH contradicts the poems message and tone
- Symbol of fire and semantic field of fire used
- Sombre tone
- Timer
- Main ideas
- Love can transcend death as the ring doesn't burn
- Looking at his parents marriage
- Ends on a positive memory 'time to watch the eggs'
- Egg timer = life we are running on borrowed time
- A03
- Tony Harrison 1981
- Britain's leading playwright
- Postmodern
- Working class: race, social class, politics
- Lezard ' Harrison's poetry has lines that chill the soul'
- Tony Harrison 1981
- Links with Jane (A04)
- Symbol of fire used in both texts with the aim of destruction only succeeds in Jane
- Both show love to be powerful and capable of transcending, Poem - death, Jane -social class
- Main ideas
- Uses y, imagery of traditional clothing resonates with reader
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