Stephen Spender's ideas are predominantly presented through his selected employment, and emphasis on language. His judgement of urban sprawl and its impact on the surrounding rural landscape is presented in a negative, unattractive light; emphasised by his selection of critical language and unappealing similes. Spender also illustrates his idea that the closer you get to situations and objects, the more you can `observe', and consequently in this context; the more negatives you encounter and are subject to. To present this idea, he uses a selective form and structure to pinpoint and focus in on the influence of urbanisation on the surrounding `Landscape near an Aerodrome'. Using the plane as an agent to structure the poem, Spender leads the reader from a more innocent perspective on the landscape (high up in the dusk sky), down to the `squat buildings' and `lank black' chimneys below. Spender's enjoyment of flying is...