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Betjeman may not write earnestly about religion, love, and death but this does not mean his poetry is lacking in real faith and sincere emotion. Explore this view of Betjeman’s poetry in at least two of his poems
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Betjeman may not write earnestly about religion, love, and death but this does not mean his poetry is lacking in real faith and sincere emotion. Explore this view of Betjeman's poetry in at least two poems Some people say that John Betjeman does not write seriously about religion, love or death. There are many examples of poems when he is not writing seriously but there is still real faith and sincere emotion. The first poem I am going to write about is 'Devonshire Street W1'. Devonshire Street is the street next to Harley Street in London; it is a real place. From the first stanza describes the architecture around Devonshire Street. Betjeman uses solid, reassuring words like 'wrought iron' and 'rich' and he says the sun is shining. We get the impression of a good day, in a nice place and are unaware of the bad news coming to...
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