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Summary Stephen Spender - "Missing My Daughter" - Analysis
This is a summary and analysis of the poem "Missing My Daughter" by Stephen Spender.
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“Missing My Daughter” is a poem by Stephen Spender. This thoughtfulpoem describes the speaker’s feelings of loneliness as he longs to
see his beloved daughter. The speaker feels consumed by his own
solitude which prevents his mind from being able to produce writing
and has stimulated unusual dreams.
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Structure and Form
- A four-stanza poem that is divided into sets of six lines, known
as sestets.
- Rhyme scheme - ABCBCA
- Simple syntax and lexis allows readers of all backgrounds to
read and empathise with the speaker.
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Literary Devices
- Enjambment: occurs when the poet cuts off a line before its natural
stopping point. For example, the transition between lines one and two of
the first stanza as well as lines four and five of the second stanza.
- Imagery: the use of particularly effective descriptions that should inspire
the reader’s senses. For example, “The round gaze of her childhood was /
White as the distance in the glass.”
- Alliteration: the repetition of the same consonant sound at the beginning of
multiple words. For example, “red roses” in stanza one and “petalling” and
“pen” in stanza two.
- Caesura: a pause in the middle of a line of text. For example, “Between
bars. Next, through tick and tock.”
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