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When we come across deformed people we tend to stop and stare at their ugliness but the poem 'Assisi' by Norman MacCaig shows hypocrisy and shows us that you shouldn't only look at the outside of people and things but you should look onside as most things are the opposite on the inside. In my essay I shall write about the shock techniques and figures of speech used in the poem which made 'Assisi' stick in my mind. The first writing technique I'm going to study is the contrasts and opposites. The main contrast is "The dwarf with his hands on backwards sat, Slumped like a half filled sack." Compared to "the three tiers of churches" Which he sat outside. This is a good contrast as the poem talks about how beautifully decorated the church is and the dwarf is so ugly and deformed that he emphasizes the beauty of the church. Another example...

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