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Tony Harrison is concerned at least as much with the problems of inarticulacy as with the power of words.' Discuss with detailed reference to Harrison's poetry.
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1. 'Tony Harrison is concerned at least as much with the problems of inarticulacy as with the power of words.' Discuss with detailed reference to Harrison's poetry. 'My upbringing among so-called "inarticulate" people has given me a passion for language that communicates directly and immediately.'1 In Tony Harrison's 'The School of Eloquence' he explores the various shapes and forms of language, structured according to social interpretations. Harrison was brought up in a working class environment, his father was a baker and his mother was a housewife. However, at the age of eleven he won a scholarship to Leeds Grammar School and went on to study Classics at Leeds University. Harrison presents the effects of this social clash in 'The School of Eloquence' , in particular the poem 'Them & [uz]', 'We say [us] not [uz], T.W.!' That shut my trap. / I doffed my flat a's (as in 'flat cap') /...
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