Poems Of The Decade
The Deliverer
Title:
an emotional poem which incorporates ideas and issues surrounding adoption and
the gender of babies
Structure:
the poem is broken up into different sections through subheadings.
subheadings are used to identify different locations, a convent in Kerala and an
airport in the United States. The use of these locations is important, particularly the
way in which they contrast each other
The initial consistency of end-stopped lines at the end of each stanza helps to make
the breakdown of this pattern at the end of the poem much more noticeable for a
reader. This can be interpreted as representing the continuing cycles of this dire
situation with each birth and each new generation, with no completion or true end
available
The simplicity in terms of sentence length could be interpreted in many ways, either
as increasing the cyclical feeling of the poem, or demonstrating the tragically short
life that many girls have due to the preference for males in this society.
Language Techniques / Devices:
The tone of the poem lacks emotion, with use of language such as “is” and “was” to
create a relatively formal tone in this context, and one that could also be seen as
uncaring
tone is also important at ensuring that there is a lack of judgement in the poem This
decision helps to ensure that a reader can make their own moral judgement of the
situation
The Deliverer
Title:
an emotional poem which incorporates ideas and issues surrounding adoption and
the gender of babies
Structure:
the poem is broken up into different sections through subheadings.
subheadings are used to identify different locations, a convent in Kerala and an
airport in the United States. The use of these locations is important, particularly the
way in which they contrast each other
The initial consistency of end-stopped lines at the end of each stanza helps to make
the breakdown of this pattern at the end of the poem much more noticeable for a
reader. This can be interpreted as representing the continuing cycles of this dire
situation with each birth and each new generation, with no completion or true end
available
The simplicity in terms of sentence length could be interpreted in many ways, either
as increasing the cyclical feeling of the poem, or demonstrating the tragically short
life that many girls have due to the preference for males in this society.
Language Techniques / Devices:
The tone of the poem lacks emotion, with use of language such as “is” and “was” to
create a relatively formal tone in this context, and one that could also be seen as
uncaring
tone is also important at ensuring that there is a lack of judgement in the poem This
decision helps to ensure that a reader can make their own moral judgement of the
situation
