Friday, August 31, 2012

Specs and Slims analysis for Anthem for Doomed Youth by Wilfred Owen


S The poem is about the many you that die on battle fields of different wars and about how they do not get a proper funeral as they have died in action.
P The purpose of this poem is to make the reader feel for the men that died
E The poem is displaying sadness and the horror of war through it emotive language and its imagery
C see SLIMS
S This poem shares a lot of the emotions displayed in the book Maus and definitely gives a strong sense of loss and puts pictures in your head without them being on paper.


S There are two stanzas to this poem and it is an anthem, there are 8 lines in the first stanza and 6 in the second
L The language in this poem is old English and is very emotive
I there is a lot of imagery in this poem.
M The poem rhymes a lot of its lines
S there are some cases of onomatopoeia

Monday, August 27, 2012

Chicks in the line of fire

1. The title is very effective as it grabs the readers attention and makes them want to read the article. It is interesting as well.
2. I think this was a good decision as it creates interest and makes the reader want to find more about Natalie.
3. The introductory paragraph gives you an idea of what the Dixie Chicks did to make everyone so angry and it also gives a good understanding of the types of people they are.
4. I think the Journalist is trying to make you feel sorry for The Dixie Chicks and to make the reader sympathetic to their situation "The Dixie Chicks have mass appeal" and "Whether the Dixie Chicks recover their sales luster or not, the choice of single has turned their album release into a referendum". These quotes show some of the ways the journalist is trying to make the reader feel sorry for the band.
5. I think that the journalist was trying to show the world that the band will never give in to their threats and will stay strong no matter what  "three Texas women have the biggest balls in American music." this quote shows what they think of the band and gives the reader the idea that they will not give up.
6.The direct quotes gave the reader an insight into what the band thought "I got hot from my head to my toes--just kind of this rush of 'Ohhh, s___.' It wasn't that I didn't agree with her 100%; it was just, 'Oh, this is going to stir something up.'". This is giving the reader a more personal feel.
7.I think this article did well in getting across the writers point. this is because it makes you sympathetic to their situation and gives ou an idea of how strong these women are. For these reasons i think the article was effective in getting across the writers point.

S- The subject of the song is to show how strong the band is and to show that they are not ready to apologise and they never really will be.
P- Its purpose is to tell people they are not sorry for what they did and to tell them that it did not effect them.
E- The song is very emotional. some of that emotion is anger and some is sadness but these emotions are very obvious in the song.
C- see SLIMS
S- The song is very powerful and is extremely well written. It gets its point across the minute you hear the title and the emotive language helps that along. The song is very good.

S-There are nine verses to this song and they all range in size and shape
L-The language used in this song is very emotive. the main emotion they are trying to put across is angry and this is shown through lines like "I'm mad as hell" etc.
I-This song does not have much imagery in it. it explained things but does not really paint a picture.
M-The song moves easily and smoothly. it iv rather fast with breaks between each of the verses.
S-The sound is very angry as well as being very country. 


Thursday, August 16, 2012

An Irish airforce pilot foresees his death

S- 16 lines, 1 stanza
L- 1st person, some rhyme, emotive language, old type english
I- line 2 gives the sense of flying, but most of this poem is imagery
M- there is some movement albeit not a lot
S- it rhymes