Stevie Smith The River God

Stevie Smith The River God: Final Analysis-the boastful predator who loves rhymes!

by Janet Lewison
May 21, 2012October 8, 2012

This should prove my final analysis of the poem as the GCSE beckons this week. Giving voice through the dramatic monologue to a rather sinister, ‘seedy’,sexually predatory male ‘river god’ makes the reader feel they… Read More »Stevie Smith The River God: Final Analysis-the boastful predator who loves rhymes!

Stevie Smith's The River God: Part Two.

by Janet Lewison
May 15, 2012October 8, 2012

I said yesterday that we find the voice of the River God progressively alarming. His voice provokes unease as he tries to pretend to be innocent if not benevolent. ‘I bless their swimming.’ Do… Read More »Stevie Smith's The River God: Part Two.

Stevie Smith, The River God: An Analysis of surreal intimacy?!

by Janet Lewison
May 14, 2012October 7, 2012

I may be smelly, and I may be old, Rough in my pebbles, reedy in my pools, But where my fish float by I bless their swimming And I like… Read More »Stevie Smith, The River God: An Analysis of surreal intimacy?!