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Mapa Mental por Eleanor Simmonds, atualizado more than 1 year ago
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Criado por Eleanor Simmonds
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The Clown Punk By Simon Armitage
- About the Poem
- The Poem describes a punk who is seen
by and man and his children as they drive
home through a rundown part of town.
- The speaker is the driver of the car
- The punks behaviour is intimidating
but the driver helps the children see
it as a creation
- As the punk is described you learn
about the drivers attitude and beliefs
- The Poem describes a punk who is seen
by and man and his children as they drive
home through a rundown part of town.
- Ideas, Themes and Issues
- Appearence
- The way we dress often influences how people
see us. The punk's appearence reflects his
beliefs and is intended to create a reaction
- The way we dress often influences how people
see us. The punk's appearence reflects his
beliefs and is intended to create a reaction
- Fear
- The children are afraid of the punk because of
how he looks and acts, the driver suggests this
will change with time.
- The children are afraid of the punk because of
how he looks and acts, the driver suggests this
will change with time.
- Youth
- The way we look, what we believe in and
what frightens us changes us as we age.
- The way we look, what we believe in and
what frightens us changes us as we age.
- Outsiders
- The clown punk is
marginalised both
metaphorically and physically
- The clown punk is
marginalised both
metaphorically and physically
- Appearence
- Form Structure and
Language
- The use of the sonnet form, which is typically associated
with love poetry, could suggest fondness for the punk
- It has the same line structure as a traditional
sonnet but both the rhyme scheme and iambic
pentameter are disrupted, reflecting the punk's
non-conformist appearence and attitudes
- The reserved criticisms that the driver
makes of the punk create a philosophical
tone.
- Thje description of the punk in the
3rd stanza suggests the driver
pities him and wonders what his
future holds.
- Pathos is created by a juxtaposition of the two nouns used in the
title 'Clown', 'Punk' and the simile in lines 3/4 that brings to mind
the image of a shambolic looking figure
- Words from a semantic field of images/art
remind us that the punk's appearence is a
creation
- The use of the sonnet form, which is typically associated
with love poetry, could suggest fondness for the punk
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