GCSE AQA English Literature Poetry: The Clown Punk

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Created by: Phoebe_Lynch
Created on: 08-02-15 16:11

'shonky side of town'

Sibilance / northern dialect / implies the driver is from the 'good' side of town.

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'town clown'

Internal rhyme / implies he is a joke.

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'like a basket of washing that got up/and walked'

Simile for tramp-like or traditional clown attire.

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'towing a dog on a rope.'

Implies he is neglecting the dog by dragging it / he is poor ('rope' rather than lead) / caesura.

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'don't laugh'

Contradicts 'clown'.

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'every pixel of that man's skin'

Implies they aren't real images ('pixel')

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'is shot through with indelible ink;'

'shot' implies bullets and death, which are permanent, just like the 'indelible ink'.

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'as he steps out at the traffic lights'

Implies the driver is in the car and waiting at the traffic lights.

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'think what he'll look like in thirty years' time -'

Does this imply the 'clown punk' is young?

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'the deflated face and shruken scalp/still daubed with the sad tattooes of high punk.'

Sibilance / negative view on the punk trend.

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'You kids'

Driver talking to his family or he is addressing the youth of today's society.

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'when he slathers his daft mush on the windscreen'

'slathers' is a northern dialect word / is this fear or reality?

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'dyed brain'

Past tense / implies the tattooes have affected his mind / punk trend has killed his brain.

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'then picture the windscreen wipers, and let it rain.'

The punk era has been washed away or society can wash people like the 'clown punk' away.

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Structure/Form

Sonnet form / 3 quatrains + 1 rhyming couplet / enjambment

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Card 2

Front

Internal rhyme / implies he is a joke.

Back

'town clown'

Card 3

Front

Simile for tramp-like or traditional clown attire.

Back

Card 4

Front

Implies he is neglecting the dog by dragging it / he is poor ('rope' rather than lead) / caesura.

Back

Card 5

Front

Contradicts 'clown'.

Back

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GCSE AQA English Literature Poetry: The Clown Punk