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Checking Out Me History

Ideas Explored/ Themes: Character, Identity, Pride

Possible quotes to use:

•"Dem tell me"- phonetic language, repetition, anger?•All the indented italic sections- not sarcastic, no rhyme, short lines: gets to the point!•Rhyme of stanzas- sarcasm, mocking his teachers, annoyed?•"Dem tell me wha dem want to tell me"- Brainwashing, Force, taking away pride, loss of

identity

Possible Comparisons:

•Sing Song!•The Clown Punk Give•Casehistory: Alison (head injury)•On a Portrait of a Deaf Man

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The Clown Punk

Ideas of: Identity, Stereotypes, Negative emotions, Status, Power, Pride and Decay.

Possible quotes to use:

• "basket of washing..."- Dirty, Forgotten, Shows his status in society• "...indelible ink..,"-- Scars of past, Proud of them?, Individual to him (Identity)• "picture windscreen wipers, and let it rain."- Forget him, Move on, Sense of sadness.

Possible poems to compare with:

• Checking out me history• The Hunchback in the Park• Singh Song!• Give

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Medusa

Themes: negative emotions, power, death, damage, men/women,voice, identity

Quotes:

•"a suspicion, a doubt, a jealousy grew in my mind"- her feelings, over what?, very strongwords

•Whole third stanza- love, jealousy, desperate: "stone", veiw on men•lots of animal comparisons- pig: dirty, ugly- describing someone?, she is now an animal?•"Look at me now"- regret, anger, sadness

Compare:

•The River God•Give•Ozymandias•Brendon Gallacher

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Horse Whisperer

Themes: Voice, Damage, Pride, Power, Time and Change

Quotes that you may want to use:

• "They shouted for me when..."- wanted, loved, needed to help settle the horses• "but the tractor came over the fields"- change,techhnology, fear, anger.• "I was scorned as demon and witch..."- the people don't understand, fear, anger, revenge,

still proud.• I miss them...the pride, most of all the pride"- loss, regret, no longer loved, no longer proud

Comparisons:

• Medusa• Give• The River God• Les Grands Seigneurs

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Brendon Gallacher <li>

Themes explored: dreams, imagination, death, character, men/women

•Quotes:•"...my brendon gallacher"- possessive, hers, finds him specialis an object?, protective•"why not... no no i'd say"- knows he is not there, embarresed, possessive,, fearful•"and he died then.."- grown up, mum has burst bubble, realisation, sense of sorrow

•Connections:•on a portrait of a deaf man•my last duchess•checking out me history

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Singh Song

Themes: identity, pride, voice, men/women

Quotes:

• all phonetic language- shows identity, stereotypical?• description of wife- she is not perfect but still he loves her, proud of her• "How much does dat come to baby?... is priceless baby-" - mocking about his job, dreams,

love, they are happy

Connections:

• Checking out me history• Les grands seigneurs• My Last Duchess• The Clown Punk

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Les Grands Seigneurs

Themes: men/women, power status, love, damage, identity

•Quotes:•animal metaphors- men are animals, happy, flowing, sarcastic, arrogant•"i was their queen"- possessive, in charge, high status•"...called my bluff"- change of power, no longer queen, karma?

•Connection poems:•give•ozymandias•the ruined maid

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Give

Themes: status, power, pride, identity, negativ emotions

• Quotes:• of all the public places, dear, to make a scene, I've chosen here"- sarcsm, pride, not upset,

angry,• "...just change"- metaphor: change as in money or change a in change of ways??• "that's big of you"- sarcasm, anger, jealous?

• Connect with:• medusa• river god• clown punk• singh song

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My Last Duchess

Themes: pride, death, revenge character, voice, power, status, men/women

•Quotes:•"a heart-how shall i say?"- sarcasm, jokes, trying to be funny, light hearted, creepy•"she thanked me-good"- praise, respect, pause as thinking time, panic•"as if alive. will't you please rise?" proud of her, sarcastic, back to reality, end of rant

•Connections:•The river god•medusa•horse whisperer•checking out me history•The ruined maid

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Ozymadias

Themes: stereotypes, death, decay, rumours, pride

Quotes:

• "two vast trunkless legs of stone" - forgotten, old, decaying statue• I met a traveller... who said..."- rumours, story?, not true• "the lone and level sands stretch far away"- decay, forget, wipes away past

• Connectives:• Horse whisperer• Casehistory• Clown Punk

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The Hunchback in the park

Themes: fear, voice, damage, identity, pride

•quotes:•"a solitary mister"- lonely, quiet, peaceful, happy, likes the quiet•"tigers jump out their eyes"- violent boys, angry, big imagination, jumpy, on the prowl•"a woman...locks and chains"- wants a woman, lonely, sad, made for him, perfect

•Connections:•The Clown Punk•The ruined maid•casehistory•On a portrait of a deaf man

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The River God

Themes: character, voice, power, death, love, pride

• Quotes:• "I bless their swimming"- possesive, sees himself as high status, in charge, like a god

blessing• oh will she stay with me will she stay..."- sarcasm, knows she will stay, creepy, nasty• "hi yih, yippity yap"- riverdance, having fun, his flow

• Connections• My last duchess• ozymandias• medusa• Clown Punk

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Casehistory: Alison (head injury)

Themes: damage, voice, negative emotions, dispair, love, forgetting

•Quotations:•"looks at her photograph"- sets scene, sees a stranger, captures the moment•"consistency matters"- needs her old life back, pedantic, mind all over the place, fear, anger•"A bright girl she was"-repetition, past, was now has lost it all, damaged future, scared

of future

•Connect:•Hunchback•Les Grands Seigneurs

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The Ruined Maid

Themes: character, voice, damge, jealousy

• Quotes you may find useful:• rhyme on every line ;)- flows, sarcastic, funny, conversational• "oh didn't you know i'd been ruined?"- anger, upset, stressed, negative emotions• "I wish I had feathers, and a sweeping gown2- want to swap lives,

• Connections:• on a portrait of a deaf man• medusa• Casehistory

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On a portrait of a deaf man

Themes: decay, death, loss, negative emotions, character,sadness

•Quotes•from nice tings to the horrible death quotes- contrast, mixed emotions, distressed son•"shaked hands with many friends" - was likes, leaves behind a lot, sudden death,

understood•"I only see decay"- can't remember the good, sad, distressed, scared, grief

•Connect:•Casehistory•give•clown punk•the river god