Write about the poem After the Titanic. You should describe what the poet writes about and how he uses language to convey the speakers thoughts and feelings.

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Write about the poem After the Titanic.

 You should describe what the poet writes about and how he uses language to convey the speaker’s thoughts and feelings.

Write about the poem After the Titanic. You should describe what the poet writes about and how he uses language to convey the speaker’s thoughts and feelings. ‘After the Titanic’ is a confessional poem where the poet Derek Mahon assumes the role of the president of the White Star Line as retells his experiences of the ship’s sinking and his life as a recluse. The title is simple and to the point.

The poems begins by stating, “They said I got away in a boat.” The use of the impersonal pronoun, “They,” conveys a sense of paranoia, and, “got away,” implies criminal activity. He claims to have, “sat shivering,” and, “turned to ice.” The sibilance in the first statement serves to emphasise how desperately cold it was, and the clichéd ice metaphor that follows is highly ironic considering the fate of the Titanic.

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The speaker uses bleak imagery to convey his trauma, such as his use of cacophonous words like, “Pandemonium,” and “Shredded.” These convey to the reader how chaotic that night on the ship was and how it continues to haunt the speaker even now. When he describes the night he uses alteration twice: “Prams, pianos,” and, “Boilers bursting.” The use of the verb, “bursting,” conveys a violent image and could also serve as a metaphor for how the speaker’s life fell apart after the Titanic and became as useless as a broken boiler. He uses pathos to incessantly make emotional appeals ...

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