'Guys' - Pugh

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• The men are wate & rubbish, they are of no value.

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• The men are elderly. This connotes vulnerability and makes the reader feel sympathy.

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• The literal meaning is that there's no one to look after them.
• But there's a link to "masters" later in the poem, both these terms are from the semantic field of control. this suggests these men have no authority.

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• The children feel the beggars don't deserve money. The homeless men are cheating the children out of money that would've been spent on them.
• Alliteration of the 'r' sound in "resentfully" and "rivals". This sound conveys aggrivation and annoyance. The children are irritated by the beggars.

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• The literal meaning is the men are reaching the end of their lives.
• But it implies they can 'go off'. The men are out-of-date. This objectifies and dehumanises them. They're viewed as unimportant as gone off food.

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• The men are probably using drugs to escape their lives and their emotions.
• The layout of the quote is significant too. The core of their problems "loneliness", is encased/surrounded by their addiction.

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• The models of Guy Fawkes are weak and artifical - they're not real.

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• The words "merry" and "death" contrast, as dying isn't normally seen as something positive and jolly.
• People burn Guy Fawkes for fun; the quotes refers to bonfire night celebrations.

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• "fall" is at the end of a line. This empathsises the finality of death and also creates the image of something descending.
• "finally" shows the watchers anticpation, eagerness and impatience for the model of Guy Fawkes to burn.

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• Shows the children's enjoyment and merriment.

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• Literal meaning is the straw Guy Fawkes on the bonfire. But the implied meaning is watching the elderly homeless men die.