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A Chainsaw Vs the pampas grass analysis

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Poems of the decade

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I made this PowerPoint in preparation for my A-Level English exam, in which I achieved an A*. This document contains detailed annotations of every line of the poem broken up by stanza. The annotations include insight into context and complex literary techniques

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Chainsaw Vs the Pampa
Grass

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 This deals with the fundamental theme of man versus the environme
The chain-saw, a human invention and symbol of power and masculi
battles with the natural world. The pampas grass represents nature,
of course ultimately wins. There is very little doubt about this. A
proportion of readers will know that pampas grass is virtually ineradi
and no doubt the speaker does too despite the self-mocking attempt
so. Therefore the outcome is predetermined from just reading the tit

 The battle is complex. The thrusting, posturing masculinity of powerf
machinery — of which the poet seems rather nervous — ultimately lo
while the pampas grass has feminine-sounding ‘feathers’ and ‘plume
But it has phallic-looking stems and a tough root; the source of its vi

 The poem is distinctive in its tone, with largely, straightforward langu
humour and the implication that the fierce chain-saw is bound to los
the battle against nature

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