THE DELIVERER - PRACTICE PARAGRAPH (CHILDHOOD)

EXPLORE THE IDEA OF CHILDHOOD IN THE POEM 'THE DELIVERER'.

PLAN

• Childhood is a matter of life or death
• rejected children listed - "Crippled or dark girls"
• Dehumanised through language - "Covered in garbage, stuffed in bags ..."
• Disturbing imagery - "Head barely ..." ground where life usually grows is just a child more dehumanised 
• Contrasting labguage of "Poking and chew" to blunt language "This one my mother will bring home"
• Tercets = continuous treatment
• Single stanza = the coming change for childhood

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Within 'The Deliverer", childhood is seen to be a sensitive subject, being presented as a dehumanising stage in a childs life. This can be seen through the listing of "crippled or dark or girls", stating the children who are unaccepted within…