Question Two
Poetry does not use a special language’ that is separate from everyday life. Rather, it uses everyday language in a specially skilled and sensitive way for particular aesthetic purposes. Discuss the work of one poet in the light of this statement.
Language is incredibly important in allowing people to convey and share their thoughts and experiences. Poets are considered to be masters of language in that they are able to utilise form and imagery, to share their experiences and thoughts in an engaging manner. Les Murray, is an excellent example of a master poet due to the sheer range of techniques he employs; across the wide range of poems he has created. Two poems that reveal his grasp for everyday language which he uses to heighten …show more content…
Les Murray’s use of language allows the audience to experience the atmosphere within the restaurant as well as the behaviours of the people involved. The persona describes himself struggling to manage the curry but continues to eat it in the fear that people will view him as weak. This is ironic because the people who also ordered the Vindaloo had similar expression of pain. The poem satirises the Indian food in that he struggles with the hot food and uses intertextual links imbedded in the poem to draw parallels to other traumatic events, by doing so he compares the eating of the curry and the aftermath too much more dark and tragic examples. This adds comedic value in that people don’t often correlate eating curry to one’s own ‘Mortal’ coil as mention in Hamlet, which allows the audience to imagine the extent of his discomfort, despite there being nothing life threatening about the curry. As such this contributes to the satirical tone of the poem. The descriptive language within Vindaloo is typical, but explores a typical experience, “the kindly brown waiter wringing the hands of dissuasion.” The waiter is moving his hands in personal surprise and uncertainty towards the persona when he is unsure that the persona will be able to eat the curry. Mortal coil has a double meaning not only to that of Hamlet, but also he is referring to the aftermath of eating hot curry, in particular the trip to the toilet afterwards. The poem is filled with irony in that the experience with the hottest curry he has eaten was in Wales. Which isn’t generally considered a place complementary to Indian cuisine. Frequently references Indian culture despite being in Wales, adds to the comedic purpose of the poem. For example, “through all the burning ghats of most carnal ambition,” the ghats is a term used to describe the food stall found in great
Poetry does not use a special language’ that is separate from everyday life. Rather, it uses everyday language in a specially skilled and sensitive way for particular aesthetic purposes. Discuss the work of one poet in the light of this statement.
Language is incredibly important in allowing people to convey and share their thoughts and experiences. Poets are considered to be masters of language in that they are able to utilise form and imagery, to share their experiences and thoughts in an engaging manner. Les Murray, is an excellent example of a master poet due to the sheer range of techniques he employs; across the wide range of poems he has created. Two poems that reveal his grasp for everyday language which he uses to heighten …show more content…
Les Murray’s use of language allows the audience to experience the atmosphere within the restaurant as well as the behaviours of the people involved. The persona describes himself struggling to manage the curry but continues to eat it in the fear that people will view him as weak. This is ironic because the people who also ordered the Vindaloo had similar expression of pain. The poem satirises the Indian food in that he struggles with the hot food and uses intertextual links imbedded in the poem to draw parallels to other traumatic events, by doing so he compares the eating of the curry and the aftermath too much more dark and tragic examples. This adds comedic value in that people don’t often correlate eating curry to one’s own ‘Mortal’ coil as mention in Hamlet, which allows the audience to imagine the extent of his discomfort, despite there being nothing life threatening about the curry. As such this contributes to the satirical tone of the poem. The descriptive language within Vindaloo is typical, but explores a typical experience, “the kindly brown waiter wringing the hands of dissuasion.” The waiter is moving his hands in personal surprise and uncertainty towards the persona when he is unsure that the persona will be able to eat the curry. Mortal coil has a double meaning not only to that of Hamlet, but also he is referring to the aftermath of eating hot curry, in particular the trip to the toilet afterwards. The poem is filled with irony in that the experience with the hottest curry he has eaten was in Wales. Which isn’t generally considered a place complementary to Indian cuisine. Frequently references Indian culture despite being in Wales, adds to the comedic purpose of the poem. For example, “through all the burning ghats of most carnal ambition,” the ghats is a term used to describe the food stall found in great