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20th Century Poetry Coursework I have decided to consider two of the poems by U.A. Fanthorpe. The poems are entitled 'Half-past two' and 'Reports'. I will start by examining the poem Half-past two then the poem Reports. I will then compare the structure, language, phrasing and techniques of each. Half-past two is a poem written with a very simple use of vocabulary. U.A. Fanthorpe has tried to create the poem so it looks like a child has written it. It shows this by the spelling of some words together as a substitute as the child cannot tell the time. For example: Time to go home now time is written in the form, 'Timetogohomenowtime' This is because the child has not learnt the time yet, therefore when his mum says time to go now to him these words have always been said one after another in that way, so he relates it to...

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