Nettles by Mr Morris https://padlet.com/smorris/cf13jyx8lb Y11 Revision Notes en-us 2013-03-04 14:40:10 UTC 2025-11-30 13:21:28 UTC hello@padlet.com Nettles smorris https://padlet.com/smorris/cf13jyx8lb/wish/7699704 2013-03-04 14:40:20 UTC https://padlet.com/smorris/cf13jyx8lb/wish/7699704 Miss Clayton https://padlet.com/smorris/cf13jyx8lb/wish/7748795 I feel the ending makes an interesting comment on a diemma parents face - they cannot always fight their children's battles for them. Although parents may try to protect their children from suffering, they will inevitably 'feel sharp wounds again.' 

]]> 2013-03-05 16:10:18 UTC https://padlet.com/smorris/cf13jyx8lb/wish/7748795 Mrs Brooke https://padlet.com/smorris/cf13jyx8lb/wish/7749781 I agree with Miss Clayton.  You get a real sense of how parents cannot protect them from getting hurt.  Only soothe them and guide them through it

]]> 2013-03-05 16:26:58 UTC https://padlet.com/smorris/cf13jyx8lb/wish/7749781 Miss Pearson https://padlet.com/smorris/cf13jyx8lb/wish/7823981 The poet is bitter and determined to fight out against the nettles in his descriptions

 such as 'regiment of spite' and 'slashed in fury'.

Yet his anger seems to subside into resignation in the last line... why do you think this is?

]]> 2013-03-07 07:37:03 UTC https://padlet.com/smorris/cf13jyx8lb/wish/7823981 Miss Rushton lrushton https://padlet.com/smorris/cf13jyx8lb/wish/7873797 The military imagery creates a very strong picture in my mind; I see some kind of nightmarish propaganda cartoon!  This language also links the poets own life experiences.   

]]> 2013-03-08 11:30:59 UTC https://padlet.com/smorris/cf13jyx8lb/wish/7873797 Mr Warner https://padlet.com/smorris/cf13jyx8lb/wish/8089803 Look at the contrasts in the word choices in the poem. What does this tell us about the narrator's role as a parent?

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