The mountains gathered round me like bandits. Their leader swaggered up close in the dark light, full of threats, full of thunders. But it was they who stood and… Read More »Norman MacCaig ‘Below the Green Corrie’: Analysis and Review.
Give Simon Armitage Of all the public places, dear to make a scene, I’ve chosen here. Of all the doorways in the world to choose to sleep, I’ve chosen yours.… Read More »Simon Armitage’s Give: Analysis of AQA Anthology poem.
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The kind old face, the egg-shaped head, The tie, discreetly loud, The loosely fitting shooting clothes, A closely fitting shroud. He liked old city dining rooms, Potatoes in their skin,… Read More »John Betjeman ‘On a Portrait of a Deaf Man’: Analysis and Review
