Compare and Contrast at least three of Fanthorpe’s poems taking account of her aims, objectives and techniques etc…
Nick Martin Date Due: 23/10/2001 Compare and Contrast at least three of Fanthorpe's poems taking account of her aims, objectives and techniques etc... Fanthorpe's poems: Half-past Two, Dear Mr Lee, and You will be hearing from us shortly offer us an insight into the views and thoughts of Fanthorpe, as well as making the reader think about their own preconceptions. She does this by making quirky and sometimes satirical poems, which seem almost like prose. Fanthorpe's aims are unmistakable; her way of inviting the reader to look at life through her tongue-in-cheek writing makes people question their belief on the matter(s) that the poem explores. For example in Half-past Two the poet queries the strange idea of time. Adults see time as a number organised into a sequence that continues through out the day with out stopping. However in this poem Fanthorpe shows that children develop a different sense of time, almost like a dream world where time, as we know it, stops to exist. She also delves into the way that children see time as an event not a number, for example 'timeformykisstime'. Likewise, in Dear Mr Lee, the poet disputes the way of teaching English, stating that the way teacher deconstruct and analyse poems makes it impossible for the piece to be appreciated for its face values. Similarly, You will be hearing from us shortly dissects the truth about
Using the poems 'Dear Mr. Lee' and 'Report' both written by U A Fanthorpe, I will write an assay discussing the way the poet presents schools in both poems.
Tahamtan Pishghgaravol English GCSE coursework Using the poems `Dear Mr. Lee' and `Report' both written by U A Fanthorpe, I will write an assay discussing the way the poet presents schools in both poems. Both poems are generally concerning school; the obvious difference is that each poem tackles a different topic of schooling. The characters in each poem are different, which is why the poems have a dissimilar tone and view. The direct voice from `Dear Mr. Lee' is the school girl and the voice from `Reports' is the teacher. The poem "Dear Mr Lee" exemplifies the faults of the school system through one little girl. It shows the system's inability to cater for the individual, whose opinions differ from that of the examiners and the teachers on how people should be educated. `Reports' is essentially about what some teachers think of the students and how they portray them in the reports. It seems that in the poem we have two teachers although we only hear the voice one teacher; one seems to be a more experienced teacher than the other. The more experienced teacher is explaining to the other teacher how to write the students' reports in a way that will not cause too much of a stir. The girl in `Dear Mr. Lee' has been given a set of guidelines which she is expected to follow. Her teacher, Mr Smart, is the force that must implement the guidelines. As part of
Half Past Two and Dear Mr.Lee
Rikesh Patel June 2001 English Literature coursework assignment (Also relating to the 'Tracks' exam) 20th Century Poetry. From the study of the 'tracks' anthology, I will be reviewing six poems by U A Fanthorpe. Fanthorpe is a modern poet. She does not use the traditional approach when writing her poems. Most of them do not rhyme, nor are they arranged in any particular way. They are mainly free form, and some of them are written in a colloquial manner. As you might expect with poems, all her poems are personal to her. They are memories or recollections from her past. She has captured them in text, and have given them the 'Fanthorpe treatment' to make them unusual, gimmicky, and in some cases, humorous. 'Half Past Two' is a typical example of the quirky style of Fanthorpe's poems. This poem seems like a recollection of an event that happened during Fanthorpe's teaching career. She had given a small boy, around 6 years of age, an after school detention until half past two, hence the title. However she forgot all about this detention, and had let the boy go at a later time, than what was arranged. This problem occurred because the little could not yet tell time, therefore did not know when to leave. The gimmick 'kicks in' when the boy describes the phrases of time that he was familiar with: "Gettinguptime, timeyouwereofftime, timetogohometime, Tvtime, timeforemykisstime
Poems by U.A Fanthorpe
Poems by U.A Fanthorpe U.A Fanthorpe is a contemporary poet and I have read 3 poems in an anthology called Track 2. She seems to have a low impression with the education systems in schools. She also used to be a teacher, but left early because she didn't like the job, so she knows quite a lot about schools. The 3 poems I have read are called Half Past Two, Reports and Dear Mr Lee. In the poem Half Past Two, it tells me about a child who cannot tell time and the teacher told him that he did "Something Very Wrong", the capital letters show me that the teacher is very annoyed and saying it strongly. So the child ends up getting a detention. The child shows that he fears the teacher when he refers to her using capital letters. The child is now told that he is going home at half past two, but he does not understand time, he only knows time as events like, 'Gettinguptime', 'Timeyouwereofftime', 'Timetogohometime' and 'Tvtime'. The words are together because that's how the child speaks and thinks. The detention does not have the desired effect on the child, because One, He did not know, what he had done wrong. Two, Because he did not know what time was, so the detention is meaningless. Three, He had a daydream in the detention, so the detention had no effect on him. In the sixth stanza Fanthorpe uses personification. Personification means that you give objects human qualities.
The Screaming Maggot.
The Screaming Maggot Taylor Rothbell "Dreams are at once fruit & outcry against an atrophy of the senses. Dreaming is no solution." This is an excerpt from the notebook of Jim Morrison. Although not all of his poems are as proverbial as this, they each have a hidden message. In the traditional style of beat poets, this message is told through the vocabulary, the characters, and the subject matter of the poem. The vocabulary of Morrison is very formal. He uses a lot of metaphors and big, fancy words (although some are made up). His poem, "America as a Bullring Arena" includes phrases such as "the cosmic spinal bebop in blue," "A young Witch from N.Y. is laying novice hexes on my brain-pan," "projecting images of embryo development on my psychology," "The screaming maggot group-grope called life," and "Democracy of souls." These are all very metaphorical examples and each one is written in a way that one would not speak in. They are things that would be acceptable in a poem or byword, but not in a casual conversation. Conversations are also usually not told from one side with the other person as the main character or rather the receiver of information. Jim Morrison's poems are written this way with, essentially, no solid characters at all. The closest things to characters in them are references to general people or types of people as in the poem "Lessons on Becoming." This
Poems about School - 'Welltread,' 'Leaving school' and 'Dear Mr Lee'
Poems about School In the poems 'Welltread,' 'Leaving school' and 'Dear Mr Lee' we are taken into the world of a child, seeing and hearing what he or she sees and hears, viewing from their point of view. They are described in infinite detail what the child is feeling during his/her unsatisfactory school education. 'Welltread' is a headmaster who is seen as harsh, cold and unforgiving 'gangster.' He demands respect and forces from everyone, students, teachers and parents alike. One can date this poem by the reference to Aberfan. On the 21 October 1966, 144 people, 116 of them children, were killed when a tip of coal waste slid onto the village of Aberfan in South Wales. 'Welltread' is a poem of reflection on the author's life, so much that it shows in her poetry. These school experiences have mentally scarred her and she remembers them vividly to this day. 'There was the burn of the cane in my palm, still smouldering.' Another inadequate school experience is told through Hugo Williams, poem named 'Leaving school.' I think this poem is autobiographical because he refers to himself in the first half term, 'I was eight when I set out into then world...I thought it would be fun.' This suggests that he was not happy at school. The speaker also makes a point of including 'Billy Goat Gruff' books and the 'Beacon' series from which I can almost immediately consider an age
A Comparison of two Fanthorpe Poems
A Comparison of two Fanthorpe Poems 'Old Man' and 'Half Past Two' are about two poems on each end of the age spectrum. 'Old Man' is about a man's brief life story. It tells us about a man in his earlier years that had power and authority but now he is old and helpless. 'Half Past Two' is about a young child who has been forgotten about in a classroom. It shows us a child's concept of time, which is very different from an adult. The main contrast between the two poems is that 'Half Past Two' describes only a part of a day of the boy's life whereas in 'Old Man' it tells his life story. However the poem are of the same length. This shows the importance of this boy's new experience. I think the poem is long because the boy has not experienced being left alone before. This is because the child talks about, "gettinguptime, timeyouwereofftime, timetogohomenowtime, tvtime." These phrases lead you to think that the boy has a scheduled life where he is not left alone. As a young boy he has a settled and secure life where he desperately depends on his parents. This helplessness in life and schedule is shown in the poem 'Old Man'. The old man used to have a schedule because the narrator says, "your timetabled cigarette." The old man has become helpless because of his age. However he does not want to accept anyone's help. It says in the poem, "I love your helplessness, you
A Comparison of Half-past Two by UA Fanthorpe and Leaving School by Hugo Williams.
Twentieth Century Poetry Title: A Comparison of Half-past Two by UA Fanthorpe and Leaving School by Hugo Williams. Half-past Two and Leaving School are both poems based around school and yet they both show two completely different experiences of school. U A Fanthorpe's Half-past Two is a light-hearted and slightly comical poem whereas Hugo William's Leaving School, shows a more serious and negative view of school. The titles of these poems suggest that they have something in common. The title Half-past Two brings to mind the time that the school day ends, and the title Leaving School brings to mind the end of the school day also. However, after further examination it is clear that the title Leaving School gives false expectations of the poem. This is because it begins with someone starting school and looks at school over a longer period of time whereas Half-past Two only looks at one day. The first line Half-past Two; 'Once upon a schooltime' has an interesting effect because the phrase 'once upon a..' is usually associated with fairy tales and other childish sentiments. This line makes the poem seem childish and we can tell by this line that the little boy is not telling the story, but someone else (perhaps another child) is telling the story. Leaving School's first line: 'I was eight when I set out into the world', creates a completely different atmosphere because it
Compare and contrast two poems about prejudice -
Compare and contrast "Telephone Conservation" And "You Will Be Hearing From Us Shortly" As poems about different types of prejudice Comment on whether they have succeeded In making you think about prejudice. The poems "Telephone Conversation", by Wole Soyinka and "You Will Be Hearing From Us Shortly", by U A Fanthorpe are both about prejudice. The former poem is to do with racial prejudice and the latter is to do with social prejudice. The two poems are different in many ways. The first poem is an application for accommodation and the second poem is a job interview. Soyinka's poem is a Dialogue within a monologue where as Fanthorpe's poem is just a monologue. Also the tones are different the former poem has a shocking tone to start with but a mocking tone towards the end, while the other poem is extremely rude. The characters in the former poem are a white landlady and a black man and the characters in the latter poem are an interviewer and a possible interviewee the genders are unknown which helps highlight the fact that this can happen to anyone. The language in both poems is easy to understand neither have many difficult words and only Soyinka's poem uses metaphors and similes. The poems use questions for emphasis as well as for humour. In Fanthorpe's poem the interviewer is very rude using questions, "Were you educated? We mean, of course, Where were you educated?"
UA Fanthorpe is a poet who dislikes modern life. Consider this, using examples from 'Safe As Houses'.
UA Fanthorpe is a poet who dislikes modern life. Consider this, using examples from 'Safe As Houses'. - Kate Graham In 'A Major Road for Romney Marsh', Fanthorpe's view of modern life is easily identifiable. The poem is set out like an argument, the words on the right being the thoughts of developers, people who want the road, arguing against those who believe the marsh is best left untouched. Fanthorpe shows her love for nature by her choice of diction, 'peaceable' being used to describe the canal. She personifies the Marsh, describing its small churches as being 'truculent'. When she comments on how 'nowhere' else is like it in the first stanza of the poem, we feel admiration for the Marsh, and the line, 'It is itself, and different', near the bottom of the poem brings home the fact that in modern society very few things can be called different anymore. It is glaringly obvious that Fanthorpe appreciates this natural space of 'solitude' and 'strangeness'; however, the same cannot be said of her view on the property developers thoughts. The poet uses alliteration of the letter H to make the words harsh and invasive, 'hard shoulders, Happy Eaters, Heavy breathing of HGVs'. This immediately presents their argument in an unfavourable light. Abbreviations are used, 'Ind Ests' instead of industrial estates and 'Jnctns' instead of junctions. This is almost like a new language, a