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"Elegy for a Bachelor Uncle"
Summary: A classic narrative poem, Thomas Shapcott's "Elegy for a Bachelor Uncle" tells the heartbreaking story of a poet who rediscovers a relationship with his uncle upon the uncle's death. Shapcott uses monosyllabic sentences to slow down the poem and give the sense that the poet is reflecting upon this relationship. He also uses visual imagery and other linguistic devices to create an image of perception of his uncle. All these techniques create a sense of the poet's growing regret that his uncle is gone.
Elegy for a bachelor uncle by Thomas Shapcott is a classic narrative poem, which tells a great heartbreaking story about bachelor uncle using powerful imagery. It is a heartbreaking poem as a poet discovers a relationship with his uncle upon his death. It is a poem of regret and change.
Elegy for a bachelor uncle mainly consists of monosyllabic sentences which slows the poem down, indicating to the responders that the poem is reflecting on the relationship he had with his uncle, the character and the life of his uncle. This allows the responder to draw a picture of his uncle through the eyes of the poet and empathise with the poet as a responder visualises the change that the composer is undergoing. Thomas also uses a recollection text type throughout the poem emphasising the composer's remorsefulness towards his uncle.
The poem has used multitude linguistic devices, including...
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