A well summarised key notes of Touch by Hugh Lewin. Highlights poetic devices as well as possible explanation from a trusted source. Possible interpretation included. This document is great for a quick in-depth summary of poem for last minute studying.
shorttitlewhichcanbeinterpreteddifferently poemstructure rigid entrapment confinement
beforereadingthepoem
Touch – Hugh Lewin
Exposesunjustanddiscriminatory Apartheidsystem
When I get out I
I’m going to ask someone
to touch me
very gently please yearningforwarmthandkindness givessenseofthesettingheisin
and slowly,
touch me
to learn again
how life feels.
wants
he'snotbeingtouchedthe wayhe
physically
I’ve not been touched
for seven years
for seven years repetition toemphasizehowlongit felt
figurative hehasnotfelthuman
I’ve been untouched connectionkindness
out of touch idiomaticusage causinghimto bewithdrawn
hehasbeenawayfromsociety
and I’ve learnt
to know now
the meaning of
aehumanised other'd
untouchable.
heunderstandswhatitmeanstofeellikeacitizenwhoisconsideredunclean
whooncehadtocarryapassbooktoauthorizetheir
Thislinks to anyoneApartheid
travelissouthAfrica effectivelybeingimprisoned intheirowncountry
Untouched – not quite
I can count the tings
that have touched me
One: sts connotated with violent harshphysicalbeatings
At the beginning
erce mad sts
beating beating repeatition emphasize brutality Alliteration b
till I remember
screaming
Don’t touch me
Hespecifically didnotwant to betouched in thismanner
please don’t touch me.
Tegingfor it to stop
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