English – Poems Of The Decade
Chainsaw Versus the Pampas Grass
Title:
The use of ‘versus’ helps a reader to recognise the theme of power in the poem, and
also helps to ensure that this perspective is key from the beginning of the poem,
rather than being one that is developed over time.
Competition between both the ‘chainsaw’ and the ‘Pampas grass’
Human against nature
Structure:
there is variation in the line length, going from one extreme of just three of four words
on a line, to three times that at 9 or more words.
The mix of line lengths could also be seen as representing the destructive nature of
the chainsaw, and it’s reckless and unrestricted power in turn damaging and
destroying the structure of the poem, making it look more uneven and fragmented.
similarity between the stanzas is that there is no enjambment between them, with
each one contained within its own section with end-stopped lines. this could be seen
as the control of humanity over natural form and structure with unnatural barriers
Throughout the poem there is also a conversational structure, with a mix of short and
long sentences, a generally informal tone
Eight stanzas in the poems, but aren’t in a particular pattern. Suggests the
uncertainty created by the industrial world with both man and machinery. The longer
stanzas are partially notably the machinery. Highlights the dominance of man
through longer stanzas of the poem to highlight their assertion in the patriarchy
against women. Men have the control highlighting the appeared inferior nature of
women
Free verse highlights constant battle between man and nature.
Mix of line lengths is also representative of destructive nature of the chainsaw, and
its reckless and unrestricted power in turn damaging and destroying in the structure
of the poem, making it look uneven and fragmented.
Chainsaw Versus the Pampas Grass
Title:
The use of ‘versus’ helps a reader to recognise the theme of power in the poem, and
also helps to ensure that this perspective is key from the beginning of the poem,
rather than being one that is developed over time.
Competition between both the ‘chainsaw’ and the ‘Pampas grass’
Human against nature
Structure:
there is variation in the line length, going from one extreme of just three of four words
on a line, to three times that at 9 or more words.
The mix of line lengths could also be seen as representing the destructive nature of
the chainsaw, and it’s reckless and unrestricted power in turn damaging and
destroying the structure of the poem, making it look more uneven and fragmented.
similarity between the stanzas is that there is no enjambment between them, with
each one contained within its own section with end-stopped lines. this could be seen
as the control of humanity over natural form and structure with unnatural barriers
Throughout the poem there is also a conversational structure, with a mix of short and
long sentences, a generally informal tone
Eight stanzas in the poems, but aren’t in a particular pattern. Suggests the
uncertainty created by the industrial world with both man and machinery. The longer
stanzas are partially notably the machinery. Highlights the dominance of man
through longer stanzas of the poem to highlight their assertion in the patriarchy
against women. Men have the control highlighting the appeared inferior nature of
women
Free verse highlights constant battle between man and nature.
Mix of line lengths is also representative of destructive nature of the chainsaw, and
its reckless and unrestricted power in turn damaging and destroying in the structure
of the poem, making it look uneven and fragmented.
