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Glasgow 5th March 1971 Edwin Morgan Summary

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In the poem ‘Glasgow 5th March 1971 the poet Edwin Morgan contributes to the atmosphere of the poem by using several language techniques such as imagery ,metaphors and onomatopoeia.Which all follow the technique of instamatic poetry.The poem is a very dramatic visual poem that tells the story of one of the many crimes that took place in Glasgow,during the 1970’s, in this case the pem centres around the two youths,that push a couple into a jewellery shop window,to then carry out theft. An atmosphere of fear and violence is created by the way Edwin describes the way the victims appear as they fall through the window. ‘Their arms are starfished out braced for impact’ A vivid image is created through the comparison between the starfish and the …show more content…

An atmosphere of fear was created by the way Morgan describes the amount of blood on the women’s coat. ‘Spurts arterial blood over her wet-look white coat’ The image of shock is created by the contrast of her white coat ,white implying purity and makes the atmosphere a lot more graphic.The word choice ‘spurts arterial blood’ illustrates there being a lot of blood and that it was a serious accident. This continues to show the fear and violence through the poem by using imagery to describe scene. The atmosphere is created by the way the Morgan describes the fragments of glass The young man’s face is bristling with fragments of …show more content…

An shocking atmosphere is created through the way the poet describes how the background drivers and how they didn’t do anything to help the victims. In the background two drivers keep their eyes on the road The image of shock is created by the way the poet describes the drivers,the way they don’t show any emotion in the the situation.It implys that the drivers see this kind of crime happening all of the time,and that they are used to seeing things like this happening.In a way it seems like the drivers don’t want to be involved,or that they have previously been involved and nothing good had came out of the situation. This paints the picture of shock and fear,the fact that a human being can show no emotion to a situation that is so serious and could have a major effect on people’s life. An atmosphere of fear was created by the way describes the night,creating new ideas in the readers mind. It is a sharp clear night in sauchiehall

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