Loved this. Reminded me of my trip to Northern Ireland when some drunk threw a set of car keys at my mother.  

 

2.       ‘War Photographer’

 

A graphic and thoughtful meditation on the nature of truth in the media. Who doesn’t like ‘champagne giggles’ juxtaposed with images of dead babies’?

 

3.       The extract from ‘The Prelude’

Call me old-fashioned, but I have a real thing for blank verse and recollections of lost youth. 

4.       ‘The Destruction of Sennacherib’

Call me religious, but I’ve always been a big fan of the angel of death and stories of Old Testament wrath. They just do it for me. 

5.       ‘The Man He Killed

On some level, we can all relate to shooting a stranger in face before wondering if he could’ve been a decent drinking buddy. 

6.       Cousin Kate

Good story. Good twist. Has a bit of a ‘Me Too/Everyone’s invited vibe to it, just 160 years ahead of its time. 

7.       Catrin

This one somehow conjures images and feelings well beyond the range of what’s actually on the page, though I’m still not sure how it manages this. 

8.       What We They Like?

Evokes napalm and fury, scorched tongues. 

9.       Exposure

Call me hypothermic, but I have a real thing for soldiers freezing to death in France. 

10.   Half-Caste

I met John Agard in Brighton once. He seemed like a cool guy. 

- I really enjoy the way he has described the battle once it has finished. It gives it a tone of futility and also the despair many may have felt.

 

2. War Photographer

- I think it shows that not everything in the world is bad, and that people only want to see what we don’t want to see.

 

3. Catrin

- The Juxtaposition between the love and conflict between two people is very realistic, and I like the metaphor of the glass tank.

 

4. The Man He Killed

- I enjoy the ideas of this poem, and how war is pretty stupid, and the people fighting are only doing so to the obedience of their leaders.

 

5. Extract from the prelude

- It’s alright I guess. A bit exaggerated, and overly romantic towards that boat.

 

6. Cousin Kate

- Could’ve been written in a denser format, but it’s not that bad.

 

7. A poison Tree

- I like the rhyme scheme and the extended metaphor of the tree blossoming from his tears, but it’s a bit perplexing to me without further context.

 

8. Half Caste

- I like the style in which it has been written, but I don’t fully get the meaning of it.

 

9. Exposure

- Long and boring.

 

10. The charge of the light brigade

- Longer and Boringer. 

 

2)the charge of the light brigade

The poem show how they all know there gona die be still chare in too batlle.

3)The man he killed

The poem shows how war is just fighting for your side and how the only deferens between them is your country. 

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5) A poison tree

It displays well there anger growing by not communicating

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9)exposure

I didn’t really like it but it does what the trenches are like well

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2- Halfe - Caste . I enjoyed this poem because of the different use of language and the consistent repetition and how I was engaging.

3- A Poison Tree . I liked this one because I enjoyed the rhyming and the weird simpleness of it.

4- The Man He Killed . I thought this poem was good and a bit strange, due to the fact that I felt like each line ether dragged on or was to short but I think that was due to the enjambement. 

5- The Destruction of Sennacherib . I liked this one because of the very descriptive interesting language how ever It was a little bit long and slightly confusing.

6- Cousin Kate . I thought this poem was ok, I found it a little bit boring however I didn’t think it was bad.

7- Catrin - I thought this poem was good but not amazing.  

8- Extract from The Prelude . I thought this poem was ok, in some ways it was a little bit to condensed and didn’t flow very well so I got a little bit lost in it but that made it a bit interesting. I also liked the end description.

9- The Charge of the Light Brigade . I thought this one was again ok, a bit boring however I liked the development of the poem.