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Title: A BROWN PAPER CARRIERBAG CRITICAL ESSAY
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A BROWN PAPER CARRIERBAG - CRITICAL ESSAY
- Your task is to write a critical essay of Roger
McGough's poem A Brown Paper Carrierbag showing
how the poet makes an horrific act of violence
seem very realistic.
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In the poem A Brown Paper Carrier Bag the poet,
Roger McGough makes an act of violence seem very
realistic. Write an essay and show HOW the poet
does this.
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Paragraph 1 The Introduction
- What THREE things do you need to mention in your
introduction? - Say what the poem is about.
- Also, do you need to mention where the poem could
be set (country and place location) or should
you make comment about the fact that it could be
any of a dozen countries in the world today
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Paragraph 2 Stanza (verse)1
- In this paragraph say what is happening and talk
about the imagery (metaphors) of the poem. - This means the way that the poet has used the
metaphors of the spider's web and the lethal
stars to describe what happens. The first one has
been started for you already In stanza one the
poet has used the words "a spider's web" to
describe the way that the glass has cracked. This
is a good comparison because - You should now talk about the repeated s' sounds
in this stanza. This is called alliteration. Say
what you think the s' sound is describing.
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Paragraph 3 Stanza 2
- Here you should talk about the other metaphor
that the poet uses. - Jigsaw what does this imply (childs toy)
- Comment on the words "tucking in", and why Roger
McGough has left a gap in this verse. Say how
these words are ambiguous (they mean more than
one thing). - You could also mention the words "shrapnel",
"hunger" and "sated" and what you think these
words mean.
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Paragraph 4 verse 3
- In this part of the essay say what has happened.
You could talk about the poet's words (word
choice) and why everything has slowed down for
him (almost freeze framed).
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Paragraph 5 Harmless (Innocuous) words that make
a harmful poem.
- Here, pick out some of the harmless words, such
as "web". (See how many you can find). - Say how these things that the words describe
can't hurt you but the poet has used these words
to create harmful and horrific pictures in your
head. The first sentence has been started for
you. In the poem, the poet has used many words
that have pleasant associations. These are words
like.
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Paragraph 6 The conclusion
- Finally, say what you thought about the poem and
whether it was effective. In other words did the
poets word choice make the scene come to life and
what do you think that the poet feels about this
act of terrorism. You should also mention why the
poet has placed bold, capital (upper case) words
(part of the title) around the stanzas. Also,
what you feel was the best part of the poem and
why. - Remember that the bold headings tell us something
about the "time it takes" and they frame the
verses like a snapshot (photograph).
