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‘Harmonium’

‘Harmonium’. By Simon Armitage. Language sorting. Colour code the quotes according to whether they describe the father or the harmonium . Could any be used to describe both? Do you notice anything of interest? P. Categorising language.

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‘Harmonium’

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  1. ‘Harmonium’ By Simon Armitage

  2. Language sorting • Colour code the quotes according to whether they describe the father or the harmonium. • Could any be used to describe both? • Do you notice anything of interest? • P

  3. Categorising language What other groupings could be made of these words? Think about themes and ideas uselessness weakness vulnerability • age • time • colour • sound

  4. Structure • Have a look at each stanza. • What is the topic or purpose of each? • What is the effect of this structure? • How does it help to develop the poet’s central ideas?

  5. Speaker’s Feelings • Working in pairs, identify where/how the speaker reveals aspects of his personality/feelings. • Then, try to create a rough flow chart to show how they develop or shift as the poem develops. • Remember to note any changes that occur within and between stanzas.

  6. Opening of the poem • How does Armitage start the poem? • Why do you suppose he made this choice? • What is the effect?

  7. End of the poem... And he, being him, can’t help but say that the next box I’ll shoulder through this nave will bear the freight of his own dead weight. And I, being me, then mouth in reply Some shallow or sorry phrase or word Too starved of breath to make itself heard.

  8. End of the poem… • Now look again at the lines and try to find a link to an idea expressed in the preceding stanza. • What does this linking of ideas suggest about the speaker’s thoughts as they carry out the harmonium? • What is the significance of Armitage ending the poem this way?

  9. Form • Does this poem adhere to any particular form? • Why has he made this choice – what is the effect?

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