By Annabe lle Clifton, Me gan May , Katie Cannon and Be cca

Matting le y

‘‘ Slough’Slough’• .The tone in the

poe m is dis conce rte d, disappointe d and bitte r.

.In the poe m the poe t re pe ats “come frie ndly bombs and fall on S lough” throughout, sugge s ting that it would be an improve me nt to S lough to have bombs come and blow it up.

‘‘ Slough’Slough’• .The poe m is de scribing

some one 's opinion on S lough. It could also be about any othe r place but the poe t could be jus t us ing S lough as an e xample . The poe t is showing his disgus t with the indus trialization of towns , that we should ke e p the hills and the countrys ide and not build factorie s on the m.

‘‘ Slough’Slough’‘S lough’ is a v e ry angry ,

antagoniz e d and fie rce poe m compare d to ‘The British’ by Be njamin Ze phe niah. ‘The British’ is a v e ry multi-cultural, div e rse and acce pting poe m of Britain today . S lough was writte n in 1937 which would have be e n v e ry diffe re nt to whe n Ze phe niah wrote

‘The British’ in the ye ar 2000 this would make the poe ms have diffe re nt v ie ws .

SloughSloughIn the poe m s lough writte n by john Be tje man

the poe t use s rhyming to add e ffe ct;

In labour-sav ing home s , with care

The ir wiv e s friz z out pe roxide hair

And dry it in s ynthe tic air.

This rhyming continue s through out the poe m. The poe tic te chnique attracts the re ade r and cre ate s a patte rn through out.

S loughS loughIn the poe m s lough the y use re pe tition to

e xpre ss words ;

Tinne d fruit, tinne d me at, tinne d milk, tinne d be ans ,

Tinne d minds , tinne d bre ath.

The de v ice re pe tition e ffe ct is making it more me morable and inte re s ting .