“The Lake” by Roger McGough In the poem “The Lake”‚ Roger McGough describes a lake destroyed by pollution. Write how the poet uses metaphors and imagery to show this. What does the poet tell us at the end of the poem? In the poem “The Lake”‚ Roger McGough shows us a picture of a lake which has been destroyed by rubbish the people who live around the lake have thrown into it over the years. He uses imagery and metaphors to show the results of pollution. McGough shows us images of darkness
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“The Identification ” by Roger McGough Is a poem in which there is a Character for whom I feel sympathy. I will explain why I feel sympathetic towards that person‚ and what particular words and phrases the poet uses which mad me feel this way. The poem is about a boy named Stephen‚ who was tragically killed in an explosion. His father is called to the police station to check if that’s his son. His father’s hopes are shattered as nearly all the evidence proves that it is Stephen lying in front
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The Lesson – Roger McGough (1937-) General assignments Paraphrase It’s about chaos in the classroom‚ and how to solve this. The teacher is using violence to control the students (swords and all) and The Head is supporting that. The writer tries to make this story funny‚ but still wants it to have a deeper meaning and make you think. Meaning The meaning is that you shouldn’t use violence in the classroom (it isn’t a solution)‚ but you should be able to control a class. Intentions The
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on The Lesson’ by Roger McGough Roger McGough the author of The Lesson’ is a well respected British poet who is still writing poems and is a poetry performer today. His work has become so well recognized that he has received an O.B.E for his contributions to poetry from the Queen. McGough was born in Liverpool and attended school in the nineteen-forties and fifties during a time when corporal punishment was widely present in British education. The Lesson’ by McGough is a poem which exaggerates
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Roger McGough was a well-known British poet who has written a lot of poems about inequality‚ life and unfairness between social classes. I have chosen to discuss and compare the following poem “The Commission”‚ “Nooligan” and “Streemin” of Roger McGough. The three poems I have chosen are mainly written in the area of inequality of this world and the unfairness of social class. In “The Commission” Roger McGough has written the contrast of the different social class and the difference between the
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Roger McGough’s poems are‚ with no doubt‚ light and humorous. However‚ this style of poetry does not hinder McGough’s attempt to deliver his message‚ but allows his approach to be more friendly and personal‚ and thus more successful and effective. These poems‚ ’Why Patriots Are a Bit Nuts in the Head’‚ ’My Busconductor’‚ and ’Streemin’‚ successfully deliver the theme. The poem ’Why Patriots Are a Bit Nuts in the Head’ satirises people who are patriotic by emphasising that "lives are good for you"
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The Lake - Roger McGough !!! The purpose of this poem is to tell the audience to stop littering the lakes and other water bodies because it is hard for the sea animals to survive underwater. OMP- LIST The Poem The Lake For years there have been no fish in the lake. People hurrying through the park avoid it like the plague. Birds steer clear and the sedge of course has withered. Trees lean away from it‚ and at night it reflects‚ not the moon‚ but the blackness of its own depths. There are
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Roger and Me Final Essay SOCY191-02 Stephanie Williams The movie “Roger and Me” by Michael Moore is a documentary film about Roger Smith’s takeover of General Motors in the late 1980’s. Michael Moore documents the change in the movie from the economy in the city of Flint‚ Michigan. He attempts to find Roger and meet with him and talk about General Motors and the changes that have been made. He wanted to convince him that the changes were devastating Flint. Michael Moore has a hard time finding
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Greasy Lake Essay In the short story Greasy Lake written by T.C. Boyle‚ the story is about three friends who believe they are “bad”. On a particular night they go out looking for trouble‚ and trouble is what they find. The tone of this story is serious‚ dark‚ and very graphic. This story is full of literary devices. Metaphors and similes come thick and fast on the shores of Greasy Lake‚ and Boyle never contents himself with one when he can offer two or three. The comparisons for their abundance
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Brittany Byrne Raquette Lake Essay September 15‚ 2008 During my time at Raquette Lake‚ not only did I learn from other people but also learned things about myself. I will admit‚ at first‚ hearing about Raquette Lake did not sound very appealing to me. I wasn’t looking forward to "roughing it" out in the woods with a bunch of people I hardly knew‚ especially on a Friday and Saturday. Once we got there my whole perspective quickly changed and I found myself forgetting about what
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