Lanarkshire Girls

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  • THEME: Journey- physical and personal.
  • Poem is nostalgic for a long past.
  • Links with Originally and The Way My Mother Speaks.
  • "Girls"- universalises the experience.
  • Three irregular unrhymed verses.
  • Focus in verse 1 is on rural.- "Green fields".
  • "Our red bus"- bright childish colours.
  • "Thrusting"- strong verb- draws attention to sexuality.
  • "Whole treetops"- a lot of assonance.
  • "rattling us"

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