English Literature

Poems - Ulysses,The Village School mater,Havisham,Kid

Structure-

• ulysses - 4 verses each shows different emotion
• Village - 1 verse, descriptions blend together
• Havisham - verses flow into each other
• Kid - similar to village

Language

• ulysses - frustrated, heroic
• Village - nostalgic, mysterious
• Havisham - aggressive, confused
• Kid - vengeful, sarcastic

Poems - Salome,Hitcher,The man he killed,The laboratory

Structure

• Salome - only reveals murder at end
• Hitcher - also starts off normal then murder
• Man he killed - short poem; message at end
• Laboratory - Long, 12 stanzas scattered thoughts

Language

• Sal - humour,casual tone,first person
• Hit - contrast ordinary life/violence,humour fp
• Man - colloquial,likeable,fp
• Lab - melodramatic,excited,fp

Poems - Anne Hathaway,Mother any distance,Sonnet, The eagle

Structure

• Hathaway - sonnet form, 14 lines/rhyming end couplet
• Mother any dist - almost sonnet,uneven line lengths
• sonnet - sonnet form, rhyme, reptition "i love"
• Eagle - shot,rhythm,rhyme

Language

• hath - romantic images,metaphor of language for love
• moth - images holding tape, still anchoring son who is moving away
• sonnet - colour/shine,detailed description
• Eagle - similie 'thunderbolt',image power/height

Poems - Affliction,On my first sonne,My Father, Before you were mine

Structure

• Affliction - each verse shows diff state of mind
• sonne - one verse,sums up feelings
• before - each verse about diff time(ish)
• My father - each verse about diff event (ish)

Language

• Afflication - extreme words/metaphors show strong feelings
• Sonne - gentler,calmer language
• Before - conversational language shows empathy with mum
• My father - colloquial language makes it sound normal

• Ullysses - boredom,pride,excitement
• Village - respect , fear
• Havisham - bitterness , loneliness
• Kid - revenge

Attitudes and feelings

• Affliction - despair, sadness
• First sonne - sadness,acceptance,pride
• Before - admiration,guilt
• My father - pain

• Anne - joy in memories , fondness
• Mother - still loves mum, needs independence
• Sonnet - joy,happiness in small things
• Eagle - Power,respect for nature

• Sal - evil,pride in killing almost,bored of it
• Hit - cold,distant,pride
• Man - irony,empathy
• Lab - revenge,evil