papa t - fred d'aguiar

• 'the tennyson learned at sea'


  definitive article shows importance

  shows his courage and adventurous nature
• 'i saw'


  he is a great storyteller he is able to visualise it
• 'tin-soldiering' 'picked off one by one'


  the soldiers are insignificant and easily broken
• 'bugler's yelp'


  sees his grandad as more brave than the yelping soldiers
• 'i goin ge yu a good lickin'


  imitating shows his interest in the stories
• 'we'd sit tight'


  the stories make him tense, enrapt by it
• 'our sweet seasalter'


  they are very proud of their grandad
• 'startles at first'


  wonders if he could ever be as good as his grandad
• 'it has me itching'


  desperate to hear his voice again
• 'to hear, to disobey'


  should end on the light brigade, ends on his own desired message instead
• intertextuality


  contains intertextuality from 'charge of the light brigade'
• structure

  its a narrative poem yet its fragmented

  written in free verse as he doesn't want to be bound by rules