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'Before You Cut Loose' by Simon Armitage.
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... 'Before You Cut Loose' by Simon Armitage The poem, 'Before You Cut Loose' by Simon Armitage is not set out in structures and is one stanza consisting of twenty three lines. The poem makes use of enjambment so that sentences are not interrupted for the purpose of rhyme. This also means that the sentence structure is not disrupted. Each line of the poem contains ten syllables with the main stress of each sentence being on the fifth and the tenth syllable of each line. By stressing the fifth and tenth syllables, a repetitive tone is created which reflects the casualness, lack of responsibility and callousness that not only does this poem use but that society today uses also. This can be shown to effect in the lines, "I heard a story of a dog that swam to the English coast from the Isle of Man" This also shows full use of rhyme. Not all
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