poems

• illusion vs reality
• la belle pame sons merci

  Me love obsession and death
• la belle pame sons merci

  • Love, beauty, and charms are short-lived or temporary
  • Physical attraction can mislead the person
• Literary devices used


  • Speech and literary devices such as assonance, imagery, metaphor, symbolism and anaphora
• One flesh


  Explores how romantic love may not necessarily last, and where that can leave two people in a long-term relationship
• The narrator is the child of a married couple who observes mental/physical distance between parent as they realise 'fire from whit' came, has now grown cold
• Neutral Tones


  • love
  • loss
  • memory
  • emotions. the speakers approach towards life , final moments of romantic relationship , bitterness and resentment
• neautrel tones

  • Focuses on moments of romantic relationship
  • Bitterness/resentment
  • How loss can change an individual
• This poem


  • Expresses the bitterness and sweetness of the memory of a love which was the greatest source of joy in the past, but loses it later
  • Hint of deep regret and bitterness
  • First-person perspective
• The Manhunt


  • Explores relationships, hurt and illness, healing, and human connection
  • Armitage uses first person voice of a soldier's wife, to describe the emotional distance between her husband, with his physical and mental injuries sustained through active military service
• Loves Day


  Explores the idea of love in an interesting and unique way, considering what the most important aspects of love are and how loving someone includes accepting flaws and imperfections