next to of course god america i - E.E.Cummings

Attachments:

• Poppies - Jane Weir
• Extract from Out of the Blue - Simon Armitage
• Flag - John Agard
• The Yellow Palm - Robert Minhinnick
• Belfast Confetti - Ciaran Carson
• Mametz Wood - Owen Sheers
• Futility - Wilfred Owen

1. Poetic Techniques
   1. Alliteration used a lot through the poem
      1. 'love you land'
         1. 'say can you see'
            1. 'centuries come'
               1. 'what of it we could worry'
                  1. 'deafanddumb'
                     1. 'gee by gosh by gum'
                        1. 'beauty what could be more beautiful'
                           1. 'heroic happy'
                              1. 'think they'
      2. Makes it hard to read
         1. Makes you think, deconstruct the poem
            1. Uncomfortable for the reader
   2. Oxymorons
      1. 'heroic happy dead'
      2. 'voice of liberty be mute'
      3. Highlights the hypocritical nature of American foreign policy
   3. Similes
      1. 'rushed like lions'
         1. Lion - pride and protection
            1. Pride for country
2. Title
   1. The first line of the poem
      1. Lack of punctuation
3. Subject and Themes
   1. Poem is a speech by a politician
      1. Politician is preaching about patriotism
   2. The danger of patriotism
4. Language
   1. Poem makes the speech seem like a joke/full of lies
      1. Makes the politician seem like a fool
   2. Deliberate references
      1. The national anthem
      2. The Bible
      3. Shakespeare's Macbeth
      4. Suggests the speaker is not talking from his heart but is using worn-out phrases
5. Comparison
   1. Belfast Confetti
      1. Shares an interest for form and language
6. Form and Structure
   1. Very little punctuation
      1. Speech marks
         1. Suggests its a speech
      2. 'He spoke.'
         1. Capital letter as of placing the speaker in a place of superiority or distance
   2. Form is that of a sonnet