21st Century Poetry
- Created by: jadeemillerr
- Created on: 05-03-18 10:53
Chainsaw Versus The Pampas Grass
Main theme: Masculinity versus Femininity
Main techniques:
- The personification of the chainsaw and the pampas grass
- Stereotypes of masculinity (violent) and femininity (desire)
Other themes: Conflict of man and nature
Other techniques used:
- Short stanzas to show submission
- Sibilance and assonance to emphasise stereotypes
Material
Main theme: The changing role of a mother
Main technique: Half rhyme
Other themes:
- Mother figure
- Nostalgia
Other techniques used:
- Imagery
- Reminscient tone
- Repetition
History
Main theme: Sense of uncertainty
Main technique: Contrast of concrete and abstract
Other themes:
- Shattered life/mortality
- 9/11
Other techniques used:
- Vagueness
- Unfinished lines
- The erratic structure seems like falling
An Easy Passage
Main theme: Period between girlhood and womanhood
Main technique:
- 1 continual stanza
- Present tense
Other themes: Juxtaposition of youth
Other techniques used:
- Rhetorical questions of the narrative voice
- Lots of imagery
The Deliverer
Main theme: Relationships between narrator, mother, foster etc
Main techniques used: Shifts in narratives
Other themes: Woman's role in society
Other techniques used:
- Ambiguity
- Psychological
- Tercets to 2 line stanzas
The Lammas Hireling
Main theme: Transgressions
Main technique: Disturbing and archaic imagery
Other themes: Opposites
Other techniques used:
- Enjambment creates tension
- Intentional ambiguity
To My Nine-Year-Old Self
Main theme: Childhood vs adulthood
Main technique: Youthful imagery
Other themes:
- Freedom of childhood vs regimented adult
- Mistakes/life lessons
Other techniques used:
- Concrete nouns
- Shifting pronouns
- Cautious tone
A Minor Role
Main theme: How precious life is
Main technique: Internal monologue
Other themes:
- Social expectations
- Pretences
Other techniques used:
- Imagery
- Optimistic tone
- Erratic
The Gun
Main theme: Controversial objects
Main technique: Sinister imagery
Other themes: Society and guns
Other techniques used:
- Personification
- Tone
The Furthest Distances I've Travelled
Main theme: The physical and emotional journey
Main technique: Free verse
Other themes: Transition from freedom to maturity
Other techniques used:
- Juxtaposition
- Lack of punctuation
Guiseppe
Main theme: War and its influence
Main technique: Enjambment
Other themes: Moral compass
Other techniques used:
- Pronouns to dehumanise
- Simile
- Extended metaphor
- Eerie tone
Out Of The Bag
Main theme: Childs perspective versus an adults
Main technique: Storytelling tone
Other themes:
- Class
- Gender
Other techniques used:
- Enjambment
- Intellectual language
Effects
Main theme: Reminiscing
Main technique: Inner monologue
Other themes:
- Melancholy
- Regret
Other techniques used:
- Irregular rhyme scheme
- Symbolism
- Solemn tone
Genetics
Main theme: Relationship between parent and child
Main technique: Villanelle - 19 line poem, two rhyme scheme, detailing love and loss
Other themes: Maternal connection
Other techniques used:
- Symbolic language
- Religious imagery
- Half rhyme
- Sad, poetic tone
From The Journal of A Disappointed Man
Main theme: Contrast between narrator and workmen
Main technique: Imagery
Other themes: Type of masculinity
Other techniques used:
- Metaphor
- Juxtaposition
Look We Have Coming To Dover
Main theme: Mix of culture
Main technique: "Punglish" Punjabi English
Other themes:
- Immigration
- Society
- Identity
Other techniques used:
- Alternative rhyme
- Imagery
- Colloliqualism
Please Hold
Main theme: Monotomy of life
Main technique: Chaotic atmosphere
Other themes: Technology
Other techniques used:
- Four narrators
- Repetition
- Single continious stanza
On Her Blindness
Main theme: Experience of sight loss
Main technique: Unnerving use of imagery/lack of
Other themes:
- Sympathy
- Lies we tell ourselves
Other techniques used:
- Enjambement to disoreintate
- Conversational dialogue
- Repetition
Ode On A Grayson Perry Urn
Main theme: Definition of beauty
Main technique/s: Imagery to emphasise setting
Other themes:
- Materialism
- Time and beauty
Other techniques used:
- Engaging tone
- Casual language
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