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November

November. Simon Armitage. Structure. The final couplet, (which stands as a single verse), acts to summarise the experience for the participants and the reader. Each of the short three line stanzas shows a stage in the process of taking the old lady into the hospital and leaving her there.

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November

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  1. November Simon Armitage

  2. Structure The final couplet, (which stands as a single verse), acts to summarise the experience for the participants and the reader. Each of the short three line stanzas shows a stage in the process of taking the old lady into the hospital and leaving her there. C. Barratt

  3. There is a contrast between • The apparent concern shown in checking that the grandmother has her washing things and ‘trinkets’, paring her nails and tucking her up in bed and… • …on the other hand, leaving her to sink into her “incontinence”. C. Barratt

  4. The speaker is repelled by the physical appearance of old people – dwelling on things like their weak short paces (“four steps to our two”), their “incontinence”, “slack breasts” and “baldness” – as well as their loss of vitality (“pasty bloodless smiles”) and of mental powers (“stunned brains”) C. Barratt

  5. There are several references to date and time. • November • twilight • dusk • evening All these references add to the sense not only of the grandmother’s impending death but also of it’s approach for the speaker and “John”. C. Barratt

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