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A critical analysis of 'The Two of Us' by Simon Armitage.
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A critical analysis of 'The Two of Us' by Simon Armitage The poem 'The Two of Us' is about two men who are very similar, except one has an extremely lavish lifestyle while the other is very poor. The poem is written from the point of view of the poor man about their relationship. The poem is made up of mostly eight line paragraphs except one nine line paragraph and one two line paragraph. The two line paragraph is used at the very end of the poem. The fact that it is separated from the rest of the text makes this final statement more poignant and stays in the readers head for longer. Mr Armitage uses a lot of non-standard English - 'sat sitting', 'I cant see it me'. This is used as a method of exaggerating the difference between them. Hearing a stereo-typical common accent to describe these predominantly upper class things...
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