https://padlet.com/helen_self/xcev0dpqqwei Blessing en-us 2018-02-05 11:48:49 UTC 2018-02-26 15:10:44 UTC hello@padlet.com helen_self https://padlet.com/helen_self/xcev0dpqqwei/wish/228159499 In this poem, the poet presents ideas about being poor through presenting a community who rush to collect and play with water when a pipe bursts in a hot and potentially poverty-stricken country.]]> 2018-02-05 15:25:51 UTC https://padlet.com/helen_self/xcev0dpqqwei/wish/228159499 helen_self https://padlet.com/helen_self/xcev0dpqqwei/wish/234643692 The poet uses form and structure to present the ideas of being poor by using an irregular structure and free verse style of poetry.  The first five sentences of the poem are very short and reflects a desperate and desolate society - 'There is never enough water' and 'imagine the drip of it' tells us of the unproductiveness of the poor with the absence of water. During the second stanza, the municipal pipe burst and there is a frenzy among the poor as they rush to the source - 'the flow found a roar of tongues',  this tells us of the unrest of the people and the relief that they convey from finally being able to drink again. The final stanza is also fairly long and describes the children - how they are having the time of there life, 'naked children screaming the liquid sun'. The enjambment in the poem is used to convey the excitement and profound joy felt as the long sentences emphasises these emotions as 'every man, women and child for streets around butts in'. ]]> 2018-02-23 11:54:27 UTC https://padlet.com/helen_self/xcev0dpqqwei/wish/234643692 helen_self https://padlet.com/helen_self/xcev0dpqqwei/wish/234643705 The writer uses imagery to describe the poor community stricken of water. The poet describes the water as "silver". The poet uses this metaphor because water is just as valuable as silver to these people for whom there is 'never enough water' - they are in desperate need. The image of the naked children helps emphasise the fact that this is a poor community without explicitly stating the fact. The poet also describes the people as living in "huts" further emphasising the fact that these people are poor. ]]> 2018-02-23 11:54:32 UTC https://padlet.com/helen_self/xcev0dpqqwei/wish/234643705 helen_self https://padlet.com/helen_self/xcev0dpqqwei/wish/234643732 The poet uses language to present ideas about the poor. When the municipal pipe bursts he describes the people trying to get at the water as "a roar of tongues". Roar is emotive language that suggests an overwhelming force - he is trying to present the sound the townspeople make as something excited and joyful. As well as showing their excitement, it also shows their desperation to get the water, suggesting they are poor. The poet also uses a list when he describes, "brass, copper, aluminium, plastic buckets." These are the assortment of items the townspeople are using to collect the water. Because it is such a wide range of items it would suggest their desperation because they are using anything they can find to get the water. Later the poet describes the children as "naked... screaming in the liquid sun". We can see that the townspeople are impoverished in literal sense because they are naked but also the "screaming... liquid sun". The word "screaming" tells us they are getting excited. This makes us feel sympathy towards them as they are getting so excited over something so simple as a water pipe bursting - or more specifically the actual water. (Which developed countries have an abundance of).]]> 2018-02-23 11:54:40 UTC https://padlet.com/helen_self/xcev0dpqqwei/wish/234643732 helen_self https://padlet.com/helen_self/xcev0dpqqwei/wish/234643749 In the poem the poet uses language to express tone in the poem. The effect it gives is a happy vibe and a sad undertone. An example that makes the reader feels sad is "The skin cracks like a pod", this is very powerful opening as it shows how dry the environment is and suggests lack of water - and possibly the pain inflicted on the people due to the lack of water, in contrast to when the author says " screaming in the liquid sun". The word 'screaming' tells us how much enjoyment they're having with the availability to water. The writer does this to show how joyous they can be with just water. ]]> 2018-02-23 11:54:45 UTC https://padlet.com/helen_self/xcev0dpqqwei/wish/234643749