Poems Of The Decade
Please Hold
Title:
The poem title is repeated throughout the text as part of the poem. It also conveys a
sense of action, which helps to gain a readers attention more so than if it was
passive, and generates the strong emotional and frustrated tone of the poem.
Sense of monotonous and munity is created
Imperative. Lack of control or freedom as them are being controlled by something
else.
Structure:
Please Hold’ has a very clear structure when viewed on the page, with one long
stanza with a short second stanza at the very end.
The ‘narrowness’ of the poem is quite unusual, with the short lines it could be
interpreted as giving a ‘never ending’ feeling with there being line after line of text;
reflecting the feeling when phoning a customer service helpline
The choice of this structure could also be interpreted as showing the stereotypically
long wait dealing with robotic replies, before finally getting through to an actual
person for only a short period of time.
To help conform to the ‘never ending’ feeling, there are consistently short lines in the
poem
In keeping with the general theme of broken down communication, repetition is used
to emphasise key ideas and also make the poem feel more monotonous to a reader
Short lines to be noticed by the reader and interpreted as giving a ‘never ending’
feeling with line after line of text; reflecting the feeling when phoning a customer
service helpline.
Repetition used to emphasise key ideas and makes the poem feel more monotonous
to a reader. Simple words such as ‘yes’ and ‘robot’ being repeated, notable phrases
Please Hold
Title:
The poem title is repeated throughout the text as part of the poem. It also conveys a
sense of action, which helps to gain a readers attention more so than if it was
passive, and generates the strong emotional and frustrated tone of the poem.
Sense of monotonous and munity is created
Imperative. Lack of control or freedom as them are being controlled by something
else.
Structure:
Please Hold’ has a very clear structure when viewed on the page, with one long
stanza with a short second stanza at the very end.
The ‘narrowness’ of the poem is quite unusual, with the short lines it could be
interpreted as giving a ‘never ending’ feeling with there being line after line of text;
reflecting the feeling when phoning a customer service helpline
The choice of this structure could also be interpreted as showing the stereotypically
long wait dealing with robotic replies, before finally getting through to an actual
person for only a short period of time.
To help conform to the ‘never ending’ feeling, there are consistently short lines in the
poem
In keeping with the general theme of broken down communication, repetition is used
to emphasise key ideas and also make the poem feel more monotonous to a reader
Short lines to be noticed by the reader and interpreted as giving a ‘never ending’
feeling with line after line of text; reflecting the feeling when phoning a customer
service helpline.
Repetition used to emphasise key ideas and makes the poem feel more monotonous
to a reader. Simple words such as ‘yes’ and ‘robot’ being repeated, notable phrases
