Write a detailed analysis of the poem Last House especially concentrating on style.

... Shibdeep Kaur Sekhon 8th January 2003 Write a detailed analysis of the poem "Last House especially concentrating on STYLE. The poem begins with a dramatic opening. "Like the dead march." The use of a simile is effective here because it evokes the notion of finality of death and destruction even before you have finished reading the whole line. The slow beat of destruction is evident throughout the whole of the first stanza. "A hum; a waver; a trickle of mortar; a pause;" This is reinforced by the poet's use of punctuation. The tone created in this stanza is of a melancholy nature and we can sense Fanthorpe's regret that the cinema is been torn down. The idea of finality is continued in the second stanza with the phrase "This is the last performance". This is emphasised by Fanthorpe's use of half-rhyme" doubtfully" / "fall" which enacts the disharmony of the destruction of

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