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Comparative Poem Essay – “About his Person” and “Cataract Operation” Simon Armitage was born on the 25th of May 1963, in the town Huddersfield, West Yorkshire. Armitage studied at Manchester University
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Comparative Poem Essay - "About his Person" and "Cataract Operation" Simon Armitage was born on the 25th of May 1963, in the town Huddersfield, West Yorkshire. Armitage studied at Manchester University and acquired a BA in Geography and an MA in Psychology. After several different jobs, including a probation officer, Armitage decided to become a modern poet and writer. He writes mainly about people and places, and has written many novels, including the well-known "Little Green Man". His poems and novels have now made him a renowned poet as well as writer. Armitage has written a book full of poems named "The Book of Matches". All the poems included are said to be have been written in the time that it takes for a match to fully burn. The two poems; "About his Person", and "Cataract Operation" are two of these poems. They are very similar in some ways, and very different...
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