‘Glasgow 5th March, 1971 Edwin Morgan essay.’
Glasgow 5th March 1971 by Edwin Morgan is a modern Scottish poem about a couple being attacked and being pushed through a shop window almost like a human brick. This shocking crime is witnesses by two drivers who are very selfish as they keep on driving by. The poet uses devices such as structures, word choice, contrast and imagery to convey the unpleasantness of city life. He is sending a message out about how the world is becoming such a horrible place. . In this poem I will show how ‘How effectively Edwin Morgan conveys violence in his poem, Glasgow 5th March, 1971.
Glasgow 5th March 1971 is an instamatic poem. Instamatic poetry is when it paints a picture in your mind; it can be seen as a word photograph and is a way of fixing a snapshot of an event from a particular event in time. This poem is supposed to be a ‘Snap Shot’ of an event from a particular event in time. ‘ This poem is supposed to be a ‘ Snap Shot’ of Glasgow, if this quote was correct then it would make out that Glasgow would not really like to live in a place like that. I think Edwin Morgan has written this poem with no emoticons what so ever and has decided only to write about what is happening. I think he has put no emoticons into his poem as he wants the poem to come across more like a new paper or a newspaper report rather than a poem. This method still does not stop the reader having thoughts or feelings on what is happening. The title of the poem is very unusually from the ordinary poem titles as it’s just a date. It is very reminiscent of a newspaper report as it is a fact, it reflects on the unpleasantness of the incident that happened to the young couple.