The sonnet: 20th-21st century - British Poetry

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[...] He was a Welsh poet. Sensuous imagery (we can really feel and see the images), some kind of surrealistic influence, combination of ideas or unexpected combination of ideas. New romanticism - lyricism. Died in 1953 due to alcoholism (overdose of alcohol). Known to be a playful poet and playful in his prose. In Wales seen as an Englishman and in England seen as a Welshman a bordercase. Among those killed in the dawn raid was a man aged a hundred Sonnet, no real structure. [...]

[...] They are compared to cattle and are dehumanised. Title part of the poem: anthem identifying what the poem is supposed to be, the definition and meaning of word anthem. "Doomed Youth" people dying. The narrating voice is on the battle field as if it was stating what it was seeing. Assonance Alliteration beginning of a word, repetition of the same consonant sound. Consonance middle of a word, repetition of the consonant sound. Alliteration for rapid, rifle and rattle. Dylan Thomas: born in 1914 in Swansea. [...]

[...] As if the narrating point is correcting the preconceived ideas. Keys to heaven ? "spade" as if to brak the cage, metal sound of spade against cage. Morning he flew on his wings. He is very powerful. "ing" internal rhymes. Rhyming schemes inside the lines. "dig no more" you are making a mistake no time for down to earth considerations. Semiotics: study of the system of signs that interact in a text. Their association creates meanings. Peirce is the father of linguistics, he is American. [...]

[...] When analysing a poem have to find at leeeaaasst 3-4 literary devices for the presentation to support the argument. From Africa Singing - Patience Agbabi art of collection of poems entitled Problem Pages, series of 14 poems written in 14 lines dealing with the sonnet. The structure of the first part is an imaginary letter to themselves. The second stanza is answering that first part, the poet writing back. June Jordan is embedded in Patience's writings. She, herself writes a sonnet. [...]

[...] The third part is going to force us to analyse the text. Need a transition sentence between each parts. Conclusion Make sure not to continue the discussion maybe an opening Course Wilfred Owen was 25 when he died. Literary man who was a poet and knew people who published, that is how his poems were published. Monument in British culture. Wilfred knew what the war was about, the dominating powers behind it... When analysing, first impression is the first thing we should "analyse". First part is more aggressive, sounds, strong emotions. [...]