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Compare "Nooligan" by Roger McGough with "Street Boy" by Gareth Owen. How do the poets use language to create a vivid sense of character? The poems "Nooligan" by Roger McGough and "Street Boy" by Gareth Owen both describe teenage hooligans. They both use distinct diction in their poems to project a certain image of hooliganism. There are similarities between the two poems, most clearly in their theme, but there are also slight differences between the poems as well. Firstly, both poems consist of four stanzas. In "Nooligan" all four stanzas are five lines long and in "Street Boy" all four stanzas are four lines long. Both poems just use only short sentences. The poems flow very smoothly and they both use short words and little punctuation. In terms of syllables, both poems are consistent as well. In "Nooligan" all sentences vary from three to five syllables in length, with the exception...

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