Glasgow 5th of March 1971 poem and notes GLASGOW 5TH MARCH 1971 (An “Instamatic” Poem) With a ragged diamond of shattered plate-glass a young man and his girl are falling backwards into a shop-window The young man’s face is bristling with fragments of glass and the girl’s leg has caught on the broken window and spurts arterial blood over her wet-look white coat. Their arms are starfished out braced for impact‚ and their faces show surprise‚ shock‚ and the beginning of pain
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Glasgow 5th march Edwin Morgan’s poem "Glasgow 5th March 1971" is about an incident in Glasgow in which a man and woman have been pushed through a window so that two youths can complete a robbery. Through the use of poetic techniques such as onomatopoeia‚ Morgan effectively describes the moments of the incident‚ the extent of the man’s and woman’s injuries‚ and the lack of emotion conveyed by the two youths as to what had just happened. What im going to write about is the different types of poet’s
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This is a critical essay for Glasgow‚ 5th March‚ 1971’‚ by Edwin Morgan‚ which is a modern instimatic poem about a shocking crime committed upon a ’young man and his girl’ by ’two youths’ and witnessed by two annonymous expressionless drivers who pass by without even aknowledging the crime.Morgan manages to make us feel as if we are watching this incident happen and effectively conveys the incident in the form it takes‚ unemotional‚ detached and ’formal’. This feeling is fistly shown in the
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Glasgow sonnet is a touching poem written by Edwin Morgan and is about how Glasgow used to be‚ years ago and the effects that it had on people. It deals with an important issue such as poverty and we see the reality of it and how it shouldn’t be ignored. By examining Morgans use of techniques we will be able to seen more of the effects of poverty and how and things actually are Morgans makes the poem particularly effective by the use of sonnet structure‚ the first 8 lines show us the area and the
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Glasgow 5th march Glasgow‚ 5th March‚ 1971’‚ by Edwin Morgan‚ is a modern poem about a shocking crime committed upon `a young man and his girl’ by `two youths’ and witnessed by two expressionless drivers who pass by without turning a hair. The first way in which this poem effectively conveys the incident is the form it takes: very unemotional‚ clear and ’formal’. This feeling is emphasized in the title‚ which is simply a place and date. The title does two things: in the first place it implies
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Critical Evaluation – “Glasgow 5th March 1971 eassay Write about a poem that you have read which paints a vivid picture for the reader. Refer to imagery and word choice in your answer. In English a poem I have studies is “Glasgow 5th March 1971” by Edwin Morgan. In the poem Edwin Morgan paints a vivid picture by using imagery and thought his choice of words. The poem is set in Glasgow at night in March 1971. A young couple are walking by a shop when two young youths push the young couple
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Games” in 1970‚ and became the “Commonwealth Games” in 1978. (Wikipedia) When the games first started there were as few as 11 countries taking part‚ now there are 71. This report will discuss the stakeholders involved in the planning and delivery of Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games‚ the profile of the tourist expected to visit the city as a result of the games. It will also give a brief overview of some of the positive and negative impacts upon the city. Edward Freeman theory of stakeholders includes
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Glasgow 5th March A poem I have recently read and enjoyed is ‘Glasgow 5th march 1971’ by Edwin Morgan. It is about a young couple who have been pushed into a jeweller’s window as two youths try to rob a shop on Sauchiehall Street late at night. Two drivers witness this crime and turn a blind eye to it and drive on like nothing happened. The poem starts with a young couple who have been pushed into a shop window. The young couple are badly injured‚ one of them in a potentially fatal state. Two
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