"Gunpowder Plot" By Vernon Scannell

Part I of Essay
Write an account of a poem which deals with an unusual or unpleasant aspect of life. Show clearly how the poet uses such elements as effective words and vivid images to create something memorable. The poem "Gunpowder Plot" was interesting as its title holds three mean ....

Part II of Essay
.... unpleasant memories of war with people dying. Later in the poem we learn that the man's brother had dies in the war as the line reads : "I hear a corpse's sons -- 'Who's scared of bangers!' 'Uncle, John's afraid!' In the story the author uses a lot of comparisons, the first one we come across is between fireworks and "Curious cardboard buds" where he describes them as flowers that have yet to blossom and show their beauty. Again later in the same verse he describes the fireworks as orchids, a very beautiful flower that is ....