The poems Kid, Havisham, Sonnet 130 and The Laboratory are my four most memorable poems for a range of reasons. I think the evil, malevolent personas in Havisham and The Laboratory were disturbing, yet interesting.

and insightful into both speaker’s thoughts and state of minds. In Havisham, this behaviour was presented in a number of ways. I think the use of an oxymoron in the opening paragraph – ‘Beloved sweetheart bastard’ effectively conveyed her conflicted thoughts. The phrase’s order could also be of significance; maybe she referred to him as her ‘beloved sweetheart’ until he broke her heart so she calls him a ‘bastard’ now. This word provides an angry, aggressive tone which emphasises the extent the relationship has damaged her. This is further shown by her use of alliteration of ‘balloon’, ‘burst’, ‘bang’. The ‘b’ sound creates an aggressive feel. Whilst the onomatopoeia of ‘bang’ could represent the sudden and unexpected heartbreak. Alternatively, it could suggest her popping the balloon in violence as she then ‘stabbed at a wedding cake’. I think the way she referred to the cake as just ‘a wedding cake’ not ‘mine’ or ‘our’, emphasises her sadness; she doesn’t fully realise what’s happening to her and so she disconnects herself from her surroundings. This contrasts with The Laboratory where the speaker is deeply engrossed in the ‘exquisite’ poison before her. Her use of ‘exquisite’ and ‘gold’ shows the value she puts on the poison and how she finds it beautiful, despite it being capable of a horrendous thing: death. The alliteration of ‘delicate droplet’ and ‘fortune’s fee’ also portray the idea that she views the poison highly. Her excitement towards the ‘invisible treasure’ is further shown by the use of rhyme; it provides a quickened rhythm and a song-like quality to the poem. The effect this has is it shows her excitement towards the poison; this is disturbing as the excitement stems from the idea of her carrying out a murder. This is also shown by the scattered layout and enjambaunts. The scattered layout parallels with her scatted thoughts. Whereas, the enjambants add emphasis to certain words.Another poem which uses structure effectively is Sonnet 130. The poem is written in a sonnet form which, after saying his mistress ‘reeks’, will reassure the reader that the poem is supposed to be in a lovingly honest way after all. The rhymes in alternate lines provide a thoughtful and sincere tone to the poem which was romantic, despite the offense of the words. However, the true romance was depicted in the final two lines; the rhyming couplet emphasises that this is the conclusion as well as making the poem memorable. Whereas, the indent results in the conclusion being separate from the rest of the stanza, reinforcing the fact that he can’t compare her to anything because she’s so unique and that’s why he loves her.In contrast with this is Kid. The colloquial language and sarcasm, ‘big shot’, combine to provide a humour poem. The rhyming couplet adds to the sarcastic tone of the poem. The ‘-er’ ending on this rhyming could be a reference to the Batman theme tune. Additionally, the use of enjaumbants emphasise his anger and the long period he spent ‘playing ball boy’.Another poem which makes use of enjaumbants is Havisham. Here, they are used by Duffy to convey her confusion as the oxymoron of ‘Love’s/hate’ shows her confusion of emotions. Alternatively, it could show how her love progressed to hate. Additionally in Havisham, there is the long vowel sound of ‘long slow honeymoon’, this gives a disturbing, slow tone to the end of the poem and it implies necrophilia which shows her tainted mind.In conclusion, I think that the different methods each made the poems memorable, distinctive and unique and I enjoyed studying these the most because of their vast differences.