tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7983205098979027429.post3589675823450566624..comments2023-06-04T21:59:33.783-07:00Comments on 'Relationships' Poetry (Edexcel): NettlesMrs Dougallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12004601516921910619noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7983205098979027429.post-80593583636693578742014-04-02T15:44:39.570-07:002014-04-02T15:44:39.570-07:00I like the info about Scannell being a war poet - ...I like the info about Scannell being a war poet - it's a shame nobody picked up on the allusions to WW1 when you did your mock on The Apple Raid :) (I'm hoping there's lots of "Oh yeeeeeahs" right about now!)Mrs Dougallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12004601516921910619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7983205098979027429.post-46301425004412479952014-04-02T15:06:17.120-07:002014-04-02T15:06:17.120-07:00The poem consists of a single stanza and has a rhy...The poem consists of a single stanza and has a rhyme scheme of ABABCDCDEFEFGG. The poem is organised neat just like the army would be organised ( regimented). The poem is also very predictable just like nettles as they always sting you so he is trying to say nature is always predictable to hurt you no matter what you do. The poem is a narrative account, focused on the father's perspective of an accident involving his son relating to the army and his thoughts and views on it.<br /><br />Onyeka :)Onyeka Offiahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12253947739409125789noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7983205098979027429.post-1674615887612478762014-04-02T12:11:12.558-07:002014-04-02T12:11:12.558-07:00The poem consists of a single stanza and has alter...The poem consists of a single stanza and has alternately rhyming lines (ABABCDCD...). The poem is a narrative account, focused on the father's (Scannell's) perspective of an accident involving his son. Scannell was most famous for being a war poet, so from this and the language used in the poem we can gather ideas as to how the structure contributes to a deeper, hidden message. Personally I feel like the structure of the poem is almost one of a march, the feet moving alternately as the rhyming scheme moves alternately, this gives us the image of an organised well structured account of the poem. The fact that the poem is all in one stanza also adds to the idea of a perfectly structured poem as it is given in one chunk of information; Scannell is almost like a war correspondent, narrating the accounts of what happened. The fact that Scannell treats the account like a war, which we have gathered from both language and structure suggests that this over exaggerated narration shows us that he has so much love for his son and that anything, even mother nature will be torn to bits if it harms his son. On the other hand we may also see that Scannell is so caught up in the happenings of war that he even sees a small incident with his son as a war, and that the way he talks, narrates, acts, it all revolves around the concept of war.<br />-Priceyyy<br />P.S Don't moist me off IF I'm wrong :)<br />P.S.S Milk better be free... Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01799432554735368584noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7983205098979027429.post-41722975835850755122014-04-02T08:14:44.374-07:002014-04-02T08:14:44.374-07:00The poem has a single stanza and also has rhyming ...The poem has a single stanza and also has rhyming schemes. The poem focuses on one narrator, the father and his perspective of the situation involving his son.<br /><br />By Bryony, Cierra and Chanté.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07464779747166791624noreply@blogger.com