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i. Compare how imagery is used in one poem by Simon Armitage and one poem from pre-1914 poetry bank.

ii. Compare how one pre-1914 and one post 1914 poet present different viewpoints.

The poem 'Kid' by Simon Armitage is written in quite a humorous fashion. The rhyme used in the poem is a double rhyme, which most of the rhymes ending with 'er', which suggests to a reader that the poem is supposed to be a light load and entertaining piece of writing hence it shouldn't be something that has a depressing effect on someone reading it. This creates a grip for a reader as the reader and I gathered that it starts to make the audience wonder; what might the writer include next and how will the writer maintain this.

The structure, which is a continuous stanza with no breaks, portrays that it's a monologue and instantly, connecting the diction and the structure, a reader can picture a person probably just running their mouth about something negative about someone else.

The use of connotative diction like 'Sherwood-Forest green' implies to the subject of superhero costume and particularly symbolise the get up of Robin,