“There are many reasons why the poetry of John Montague is worth reading.” by Ms McG https://padlet.com/hmcgarron_rth/hj1kbn6527ko Made with a wish on a star en-us 2018-03-21 09:36:12 UTC 2023-05-05 04:35:19 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.com/hmcgarron_rth/hj1kbn6527ko hmcgarron_rth https://padlet.com/hmcgarron_rth/hj1kbn6527ko/wish/244451111 2018-03-21 11:15:10 UTC https://padlet.com/hmcgarron_rth/hj1kbn6527ko/wish/244451111 The locket ✌ https://padlet.com/hmcgarron_rth/hj1kbn6527ko/wish/244451920 Style: creates atmosphere 
-tense
-nervous 
7 stanzas:
-6 lines in each
Simile:
Metaphor: 

Meaning:
-reconnect with his mam
-relationship with his mam 

Content:
-suffering 
-love
-hardship
-memory]]> 2018-03-21 11:18:14 UTC https://padlet.com/hmcgarron_rth/hj1kbn6527ko/wish/244451920 The cage https://padlet.com/hmcgarron_rth/hj1kbn6527ko/wish/244453128 Strong emotions 
Vivid imagery 
Sense of fulfilment 
Makes me so happy 

]]> 2018-03-21 11:22:34 UTC https://padlet.com/hmcgarron_rth/hj1kbn6527ko/wish/244453128 Killing the pig https://padlet.com/hmcgarron_rth/hj1kbn6527ko/wish/244453133 ~comments on issue of animal cruelty through violent imagery 
~”his mouth”- makes pig more human
~addresses audience /reader directly -“don’t say they are not intelligent “
~metaphors-“a big plane roaring off”
~”piercing & absolute”
~involves child in final stanza -suggests no one is innocent -“a child is given the bladder to play with “ 

:)]]> 2018-03-21 11:22:35 UTC https://padlet.com/hmcgarron_rth/hj1kbn6527ko/wish/244453133 The Cage: https://padlet.com/hmcgarron_rth/hj1kbn6527ko/wish/244453305 Themes: 
                                  
Hardships 
Love 
Historical 
Depression Era Monotony 

Style: 
Emphasis 
Sibilance 
Imagery  


]]> 2018-03-21 11:23:15 UTC https://padlet.com/hmcgarron_rth/hj1kbn6527ko/wish/244453305 The trout 🐠 https://padlet.com/hmcgarron_rth/hj1kbn6527ko/wish/244453319 Descriptive language 
Rhyme
6 lines per stanza
Memories of childhood “flat on the bank I parted”
Theme - life vs death


]]> 2018-03-21 11:23:17 UTC https://padlet.com/hmcgarron_rth/hj1kbn6527ko/wish/244453319 The trout https://padlet.com/hmcgarron_rth/hj1kbn6527ko/wish/244454848 Form - written in stanzas , slow motion 
Montagues cinematic style 
Rich sense of atmosphere


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