Compare the attitudes of the speakers of 1 Simon Armitage, 1 Carol Ann Duffy and 2 pre 1914 poem?Often, poets use many different devices and diction to present and convey the attitude and the narrative voice of the persona from the poem they are writing. Sometimes the attitude of the speaker can be calm, creative and sensual such as ‘Anne Hathaway’ and ‘Sonnet 130’; other times it can be bitter, resentful and slightly criminal, such as ‘The Laboratory’ and ‘Havisham’. Poets use attitudes to channel the voice of the speaker, and all the emotions and liveliness that comes with it.Firstly, language is used in all four poems as means to depict the attitudes of the speakers. Duffy uses oxymoron to portray the ravaging hate that engulfs the persona, Lady Havisham. The persona spewed up relentless hatred for the “beloved bastard” that left her jilted at the altar. The use of oxymoron shows that the persona had loved him before, and that she gave her heart to him. Now
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