Compare and Contrast at least three of Fanthorpes poems taking account of her aims, objectives and techniques etc
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Nick Martin Date Due: 23/10/2001 Compare and Contrast at least three of Fanthorpe's poems taking account of her aims, objectives and techniques etc... Fanthorpe's poems: Half-past Two, Dear Mr Lee, and You will be hearing from us shortly offer us an insight into the views and thoughts of Fanthorpe, as well as making the reader think about their own preconceptions. She does this by making quirky and sometimes satirical poems, which seem almost like prose. Fanthorpe's aims are unmistakable; her way of inviting the reader to look at life through her tongue-in-cheek writing makes people question their belief on the matter(s) that the poem explores. For example in Half-past Two the poet queries the strange idea of time. Adults see time as a number organised into a sequence that continues through out the day with out stopping. However in this poem Fanthorpe shows that children develop a different sense of time,...


