Explore the ways in which Simon Armitage presents the experience of the speaker in the poem, "Out, of the Blue"

in a very high position in the crashing building. We can tell this by them mentioning that they are in the "small clouds, but waving, waving. By mentioning the clouds, we get an image of the height of where he is and of the smoke in the burned down building. The writer uses repetition in the phrase above. He uses this technique many times and the repetition of these verbs slows the pace of the poem and echoes the sense of falling through the air. This gives a mournful atmosphere. The present tense verb endings in "ing" such as "waving""bullying""driving""leaving", creates a sense of movement and struggling in the tragic incident.We get the idea that the speaker is writing to or calling for somebody. We get this impression as it states in the 3rd stanza, "So when will you come?" Armitage has given the speaker emotions and feeling towards someone they love or need, this could be their husband, wife, girlfriend, family member, God or maybe the emergency services that haven't rescued them yet."A man shaking crumbs or pegging out washing" this domestic image contrasts with the horror of the situation.They are struggling, "trying and trying" to cope with the issue, yet the "heat behind" them is "bullying, driving""But the white of surrender is not yet flying"Personification is used when describing the heat as a bully. The heat of the fire has been given human abilities, to abuse and suppress them, however unlike a bully who would punch you or kick you or call you names, the fire won't do so, it will kill you and burn you alive. This makes the reader feel vulnerable towards the thousands of innocent lives whom were killed.The white flag equals surrender, the shirts of people attracting attention / jumping.In the 5th stanza a sense of height is given again as the "bird goes by". " The depth is appalling, appalling". The writer evokes a sense of repetition which emphasises and introduces the awful fact that the people are now jumping as they can not suffer any longer. They figure that it is their time to stop fighting the situation and embrace the fact that they lost all hope in coping to live anymore. Creating a painful effect for the reader and makes us feel apologetic towards the narrator."Here in the gills I am still breathing."We notice that Armitage refers to the narrator as a fish, which is de-humanising the character. Like any man or women would gasp and struggle to breathe in these conditions likewise, so would a fish would struggle to breathe out of the water.In the final stanza, the speaker feels that he is on his last stance and his life is coming to an end, he is now "tiring, tiring" the poet repeats the word, 'tiring' not only to convey the fact that the narrator is beginning to lose energy, but also to show the narrowing of the characters perspective as he gives in. This is also mirrored in the shorter line length of the final verse, last line of the poem.The extract ends with the suspense of the narrator "failing, flagging". Flagging has 3 meanings. It could mean trying to get attention, connects to 'white of surrender' - giving in- losing all hope, and also could mean that he is getting more tired.