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Glasgow 5th March - Essay

Glasgow 5th March

Glasgow 5th March, Ashley Baillie.

"Glasgow 5th march is a poem about a shocking crime commited on a "young man and his girl" by two youths. The poem is written by Edwin Morgan. He makes the poem very realistic almost as if he were watching the attack himself. The title also makes it realistic by using the specific date "5th March." The title implies some kind of police report or newspaper article,its almost like its included in the poem and sets the scene. Throughout the poem Morgan uses many techniques. In the very first lines of the poem he uses onomatopia, It starts with a description of broken window glass:

"with ragged dimond
of shatterd plate glass"

The word shatterd ...

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"bristling with fragements of glass"

The word "bristling" is another example of onomatopia,it describes the glass sticking in his face,like stubble. The writer buils up tension by telling us about the boys injuries first.

"the girls leg has caught on the broken window
and spurts arterial blood."

The writer continues using onomatopia while we discover the girls injuries are alot more serious as she is loosing blood fast.
The poet waits untill the second half of the poem untill he begins to talk about the robbers, this makes the first half a mystery and keeps us thinking and excited to read the rest of the ...

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Added: 2/23/2011 07:13:51 PM
Submitted By: ashleybaillie
Category: English
Type: Premium Paper
Words: 348
Pages: 2

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