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Remind yourself of the passage in Tony harrison's poem V. from 'the days last, images recede to first a glow' onwards to the end of the poem. Discuss it's effectiveness as the conclusion to the poem.
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Remind yourself of the passage in v. from 'the days last, images recede to first a glow...' to the end of the poem and discuss it's effectiveness as the conclusion to the poem. * Look closely at the effects of language, imagery and verse form in the passage. * Comment on ways in which the passage relates to the methods and concerns of other poems by Harrison. By Hannah Carpenter As a conclusion to the poem v by Tony Harrison, the passage from 'the days images recede to first a glow...' onwards, is effective as it relates and concludes on many of the concerns brought forth within the poem, using language, imagery and verse form to achieve this. Tony Harrison's poem v. is an elegy consisting of rhyming quatrains, a form closely linked to Thomas Gray's 'Elegy written in a quiet Country Churchyard' and like Gray, Harrison ends his poem with an epitaph. Despite the...
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