GCSE AQA English Literature Poetry: The Clown Punk

Useful quotes and poetry techniques you should know for Simon Armitage's 'The Clown Punk'.

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B R K T Y K N K R G Y K J J W J S M S B V
W W S O O M I M Q W D E I C D S L W E F O
B V Q W U R A Y A D W U V S X F S W N O S
M A F I K O R F G S S F K M B O W W I O V
D I D N I F B T U V M L C Q K O O C F E F
A Y O G D E D B C R Q L O F M T C N U X S
D Q N A S R E F P O G O P K F B G W P E Y
R X T D X U Y Q B B S E Y O N W P X L K F
W C L O T T D D I L S X E Q E O W K O H Q
N V A G D C S H E I G D H E B R E I D A Q
W G U O Q U N A R F I X B E Y U C D L R K
O N G N W R X E A S B N Y K I K X T L S A
L L H A B T V J Y C C F V U X O E X C B G
C J G R T S S K L K V T O A S D D D P V D
N R U O R N N A V P T A K R W W P G S E J
W G O P Y O D R O C W J W R Q F M C T Y R
O Y O E H M U U W R N H E O F B O E F R Q
T P R S O J F D B K H R C I X K K W D E A
O T X G H K Y O M G B X X M X C D U J C D
K U Q B K U T C M V W K I V F S D T N X P
A Q C R Y C L H X D M D R A J E N S I V F

Clues

  • Contradicts 'clown'. (4, 5)
  • Driver talking to his family or he is addressing the youth of today's society. (3, 4)
  • Implies he is neglecting the dog by dragging it / he is poor ('rope' rather than lead) / caesura. (6, 1, 3, 2, 1, 4)
  • Internal rhyme / implies he is a joke. (4, 5)
  • Past tense / implies the tattooes have affected his mind / punk trend has killed his brain. (4, 5)
  • Sibilance / northern dialect / implies the driver is from the 'good' side of town. (6, 4, 2, 4)
  • Sonnet form / 3 quatrains + 1 rhyming couplet / enjambment (13)

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