Mother any Distance by Simon Armitage - A-Level English.
Simon Armitage’s biography and poems analysed. Simon Armitage’s poems have been studied and annotated in detail to help you understand them. Simon Armitage was born on 26 May 1963, in Huddersfield, England. He is an English poet, playwright and novelist.
Comparison Between Parent And Child Relationship From Mother Any Distance And Before You Were Mine. Both “Before You Were Mine” by Carol Ann Duffy and “Mother Any Distance” by Simon Armitage focus on the role of being a mother and having to give up something. In “Before You Were Mine” its Carol Ann Duffy’s mother letting go and giving up her carefree lifestyle, to take up the.
Below is an example of a type of an exam question. Compare this poem with one other poem in the anthology and how it shows relationships. How does this poem show the relationship between mother and son? Compare this to another poem in the anthology that shows the relationship between the parent and child. In your answers you should comment on: Language usedThe form and structure of the poem.
Introduction. This guide is written for students and teachers who are preparing for GCSE exams in English literature. It contains detailed studies of the poems by Simon Armitage in the AQA Anthology, which is a set text for the AQA's GCSE syllabuses for English and English Literature Specification A, from the 2004 exam onwards. The guide gives detailed readings of poems by Simon Armitage.
She helps him measure things at a house that maybe he is thinking of moving in to. She holds the tape at the 0 end whilst he measures windows, doors and other spaces in the house.
This revision sheet can be used by pupils who miss initial teaching of some of the poems or as an additional piece of revision for workbooks. The revision sheet includes information on context, language, structure and themes as well giving ideas for potential comparisons.
However in “Mother Any Distance” by Simon Armitage, Armitage sort of thanks his mum for looking after him and saying she has to let go but only a bit. “Unreeling the years between us” this shows the emotional relationship that is between the two In “Mother Any Distance” by Simon Armitage, Armitage uses imagery to portray the bond.