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Summary Moving through the silent crowd by Stephan Spender - An analysis
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An analysis of Moving through the silent crowd by Stephan Spender forr Matric English Poetry
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Moving through the silent crowdfirst three gfsj
stanzas talks as a group Stephan Spender
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13.
form - crowd Moving Through The Silent Crowd
4th stanza describes nsndkdshdskdsjdhsjhdsjdhjshdjshhdjhh
individuals in
dshjdhjs 8 syllabled per line
the crowd BY Stephen Spender [1909-1995]
Oxymoron - Crowd and scilence
Pace - “someone
Symbol of status walking along the
Moving through The
themood
silent
of the
crowd street”
crowd
WhoNostand behind dull cigarettes
woman and
children Have no Jobs
Those men who idle in the road,
Loosing hope
I have the sense of falling light. Light = hope
Comfortable with
Looking back on fact that not
employed Eveness - none are
better than other
They lounge at corners of the street 5
“I don’t know” OR Uncertainty
And greet friends with a shrug of shoulder
All of them are poor
And turn their empty pockets out,
Doubtful that situation will change The American
Dream - Make it
The cynical gestures of the poor. sound like life is
perfect in America
(still ideologies Making fun of self (satirical)
today)
Now they’ve no work, like better men
Past Wallstreet men
Who sit at desks and take much pay 10
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They sleep long nights and rise at ten
Present
Have nothing to do all day - no jobs
To watch the hours that drain away.
Personal
Wish to have a moment to cry
I’m jealous of the weeping hours
They stare through with such hungry eyes.
constant reminder of where he is
I’m haunted by these images, 15
I’m haunted by their emptiness
Mood stanza 4 = sad
Showing the falseness of the American dream Wasted potential of people defined by their
circumstances
stanza 1 crowd seems threading (observing from
outside the crowd)
By end he is part of the crowd
Tone -
> Understated sadness
> accepting (of roles in Life)
THE GREAT DEPRESSION
> america Negative adjectives to describe crowd
> dull cigarettes
> falling light
Depressing/sad
he is the only one moving (crowd standing still) he’s wearing through the crowd and
observing
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