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Wednesday, 29 July 2020

Discussing & Annalysing

Lament

  • A lament is an expression of sadness. With close reference to the text, discuss the style used in the non-italicised section of the poem to convey this sadness.

  • By close reference to the text, analyse how the writer uses techniques to narrate the poem’s story in the italicised text.


The poem “Lament” conveys an expression of sadness in which Glenn Colquhoun uses different kinds of aspects to support his main purpose and idea. Colquhoun utilizes a variety of techniques to provide the readers some ideas in which helps them have a better understanding of what the poem is about. An example where Colquhoun uses a feature such as assonance and simile in the part where it says “The sea hides beneath his boat”. In this part of the poem it conveyed the idea of depression and loneliness of a person. The way that this was applied is to help the viewers feel what the character in that poem was going through. The intended audience for this poem is for those who have been going through melancholy and sadness. This is so people could relate and realise that it is not only them who are experiencing this kind of stuff.

 



6 comments:

  1. Change "this kind of stuff" pls :)))

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  2. I like the way you explained the effect of the techniques to the audience but you didn't explain the simile in your paragraph however you did a great job.

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  3. You have a good analysis to the poem and you explained the poet's emotions really well.

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