Freddy anderson, afternoon of literature, poetry and song sunday 5 april, 2020 at 2 p. This short poem describes, from an impersonal perspective, the reactions of a young couple who are pushed into a shop window, as they fall into the glass and begin to bleed. With a ragged diamond of shattered plateglass a young man and his girl are falling backwards into a. Ppt glasgow 5th march 1971 powerpoint presentation. To summarise what happens in the composition, a man fantastic girlfriend are pushed by using a glass home window of a store in glasgow by two youths planning to steal things from the store. Cutler also wrote books for children and adults and was a teacher at a. Read unlimited books and audiobooks on the web, ipad, iphone and android. Critical reading specimen question paper national 5 sqa. The amendment was ratified by threequarters of the state legislatures within four months. Edwin morgans glasgow 5 march 1971 how to analyse poetry. The 26th amendment was officially adopted on july 1st, 1971. With the exam season imminent, weve prepared six poetry revision videos which cover the edwin morgan poems set for the first part of the.
Through the use of poetic techniques such as onomatopoeia and conjunction placement, morgan effectively describes the moments of the incident, the extent of the mans and womans injuries, and. Our audio programme of poets, poems and news for you to listen to. On march 23rd, 1971, the united states house of representatives also voted nearly unanimously for the amendment. The very exact and factual nature of this title also makes it sound like something. In the composition glasgow sixth march 1971 by edwin morgan the poet has established very stunning images by making use of metaphors and unusual phrase orders. The fifth of march the fifth of march audiobook, by ann rinaldi. Morgan was glasgow s first poet laureate 19992002, and the first to hold the post of scots makar, created by the scottish executive in 2004 to recognise the achievement of.
Ivor cutler was a scottish poet, singer, musician, songwriter and humorist. Edwin morgans poem glasgow 5th march 1971 is about an incident in glasgow in which a man and woman have been pushed through a window so that two youths can complete a robbery. Friends become foes and families divide as british troops arrive in 1768 to force the. Glasgow 5 march 1971 captures a moment of violence. The poets a young man and his girl is effective as he suggests it could be any young man. With a ragged diamond of shattered plateglass a young man and his girl are falling backwards into a shopwindow. Glasgow 5 march 1971 is one of edwin morgans instamatic poems that captures a snapshot of couple pushed through a shop window during a robbery. Through the use of poetic techniques such as onomatopoeia and conjunction placement, morgan effectively describes the moments of the incident, the extent of the mans and womans injuries, and the lack of. Ivor cutler was born in govan, glasgow, into a middleclass jewish family of eastern. The young mans face is bristling with fragments of glass and the girls leg has caught on the broken window and spurts arterial blood over her wetlook white coat. Collected poems online by edwin morgan books scribd. Glasgow 5th march, 1971 by edwin morgan composition 7.
Overview glasgow 5 march 1971 national 5 english revision. It was first published in the collection instamatic poems 1971 1973. N58markquestion 1 s4 morgan 8 mark samples 2 morgan textualanalysispracticebooklet glasgow 5 march 1971 notes glasgow. Glasgow 5th march 1971 by edwin morgan teaching notes.
This contributes to the impersonal and clinical tone of the poem as a whole. Later in the poem, they are reduced to body parts, symbolising how they are dehumanised. Morgans voracious appetite, for books influenced his. Ok fest kilmacolms festival of sound 2nd march, 2019, 2 4. The poetry of edwin morgan by james graham writewords.
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