Gutter Press :: Poetry Analysis

Gutter Press This poem is approximately a tawdry tabloid newspaper. The writer is trying to mother his point across about how remorseless the news editor Is, he does this by adding humour, both(prenominal) slight exaggeration and also with another character The cameraman, he has a totally different personality and also work ethic, In this stress I will use Dehns humour to demonstrate the scandal and gruesomeness of the Editor. Almost all of the editors words are headlines Nun drinks whiskey...Mayor binds wife With chain...Baby set in motion burnt in cot, these are all short glacial lines, which speed up The poem and are like real headlines, theyre actually quick and last very short, Soon to be replaced by other, much scandalous stories, the rapid pace is very important Adding a reinforced rhyme, Dehn includes alliteration Girl Guide Throttled...Baronet Bottled. The two different news spate have totally different characters, one the editor, he is a ruthless man and his attitude towards other people is shown never mind who got hurt, no use grieving, lets get weaving, whats the latest dirt? He doesnt care about the subjects of his work, just the Sex, Drugs and scandal of it all, the camera man adds a sharp line of business to his colleague, he uses elevated language and is a naturalist Shall I get a picture of the lovebird singing?, he speaks decompresser and to a greater extent descriptive, this contrast is a clever addition to the poem by Dehn, It shows the sleazy editor in a worse light. Shall i get a picture of her pretty little eggs? No, go and get a picture of her legs This is bathos, an anti-climax, the cameraman is building the verse up with his inquisitiveness and slow speech, when the domineering editor blurts out what he Wants, and brings the tempo back overcome again, the editor is certain in what he says, and is not to be