Task 1
Question 1
a) The immediate effect of the poem on me was confusion and irritation. I felt it was deceptive. It looked so simple, and was so short, yet I could see no meaning behind it. It frustrated me that even after several re-readings all I could think was a bird in a tree.
Upon re-visiting the poem, I concentrated on how it made me feel –melancholy, wistful, yet also peaceful. I found I liked it despite the sadness it seemed to evoke.
b) I think the subject matter is a bird in a bare tree, at dusk.
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Question 2
a) Techniques used in this poem are:
• Alliteration
“bare branch” (Line 1)
• Assonance
“rook roosts” (Line 2)
“autumn dusk” (Line 3)
• “Kigo” – a word stating or suggesting a
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(444) Task 2
Question 1
I found Task 1, Question 1, the easiest part of the assignment. I could quite clearly remember my feelings upon the first reading of the assignment and it was easy to see how these had changed after working through the course material.
I found Task 1, Question 3 the most challenging part of the assignment. I felt I was repeating my answers to the other questions and therefore worried I wasn’t hitting the points the question was trying to bring out from me.
Question 2
A quick plan of the answer before I started writing it probably would have been helpful to show how the answer built upon my answers to questions 1 and 2. This would have allayed my fears and saved time checking that I was expanding and explaining my ideas rather than just repeating them.
(142) References
Baugh, T., Brickley, P., Perryman, L.A. (2006) Making sense of the arts, Milton Keynes, The Open
The tone in these lines are often humorous and at the same time genuinely loving. In short, the tone of this poem is as complex as the subject with which it so memorably
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