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From Book of Matches, Simon Armitage "Those bastards in their mansions" Compare with 3 poems. The poem splits society into the wealthy property owners and their obscure enemy (the less then fortunate). We can presume that mention of "palaces and castles", and " then given heat and lights to streets and houses", are to make us see the speaker as a kind of outlaw or revolutionary figure, seeing as there are other details that suggest the poem is set in the past- the "burning torches" and the "cuffs and shackles". This definitely could be described as an angry poem; given the first line has blaspheming in it, "Bastards", also the whole tone of the poem resonates anger, "Carry a gun", this poem shows to overcome fear and dominance, you need to present anger at first to start this 'revolution'. The last line, "Me, I stick to the shadows", shows him as an...

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