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Mo.iMP ÜÛÛÜ ßÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÝÛ ÞÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ ÞÛÛÛÛ ÞÛÛÛÛÛÝ ßÛß
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ÜÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÝ ÞÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÝ ÛÛÛ ÛÛÛÛÛÛ
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ÜÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÝ ÞÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ ÞÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ ß ÞÛÛÛÛÛÛÜ ÜÛ
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ÜÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÝ ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÝ ÞÞÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛß
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ARRoGANT CoURiERS WiTH ESSaYS
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Grade Level: Type of Work Subject/Topic is on:
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[ ]6-8 [ ]Class Notes [Essay on the Poem ]
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[x]9-10 [ ]Cliff Notes [Gunpowder Plot by ]
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[ ]11-12 [x]Essay/Report [Vernon Scannell ]
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[ ]College [ ]Misc [ ]
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Dizzed: 11/94 # of Words:597 School: ? State: ?
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ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ>ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ>ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ>Chop Here>ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ>ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ>ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ>ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ
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"Gunpowder Plot" By Vernon Scannell
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Write an account of a poem which deals with an unusual or unpleasant
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aspect of life. Show clearly how the poet uses such elements as effective
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words and vivid images to create something memorable.
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The poem "Gunpowder Plot" was interesting as its title holds three
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meanings. The author could have meant an allotment where gunpowder or
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fireworks are stored or a plan involving gunpowder or just a story
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about the usage of gunpowder.
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The poem itself holds a double meaning, the first meaning and most
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immediately noticeable is of the fun and excitement on Guy Falkes
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night with children and woman running around shouting and screaming,
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with fireworks exploding and filling the night sky with bright coloured
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sparks. The second and more sinister meaning is that if war, when
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explosions devastate and the children running around screaming are running
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for their lives. That in war time these beautiful fireworks kill and injure
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people.
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The man in the poem was in a war and being around the antics on a Guy
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Falkes night bring back evil, unpleasant memories of war with people
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dying. Later in the poem we learn that the man's brother had dies in the
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war as the line reads : "I hear a corpse's sons -- 'Who's scared of
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bangers!' 'Uncle, John's afraid!'
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In the story the author uses a lot of comparisons, the first one we
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come across is between fireworks and "Curious cardboard buds" where he
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describes them as flowers that have yet to blossom and show their beauty.
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Again later in the same verse he describes the fireworks as orchids, a
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very beautiful flower that is very expensive, has a short life and it
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used on special occasions, the same description can be used effectively on
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fireworks.
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The story contains great usage of onomatopoeia and alliteration, using
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such words as frenzied whizz, fiery, blast which really bring the poem to
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life. "Glittering golden grain", "Gulped by greedy flames" are two of
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the main uses of alliteration in the poem, the first describing when
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the firework explodes in the sky,the second describes the Guy that the
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children have made to burn in the fire.
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The sound used in the poem is mainly that of the fireworks as they
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set off into the night sky making whizzing sounds and then the pop when
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they explode. The other use of sound is of the woman running around
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squealing.
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The use of colour is reserved for the fireworks, describing them as
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magic orchids, with their "fiery petals" exploding and filling the
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air with "glittering golden grain."
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The smell of fireworks smell much like that of bombs as the base
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chemicals are the same, when the fireworks are set off they fill the air
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around their launch area with a bitter smell , a bit like rotten eggs,
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this one of the main elements that help to flood the man with his memories.
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The message the author is trying to get through to us is that even
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if you try and lock away evil memories deep in your mind the right
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combination of events sounds , smells, visions will bring them
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flooding back into your thoughts. In the poem the night filled with
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noise of explosions, lights shooting through the air,people running around
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screaming unlocks the door to the evil memories of war which so over-power
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him that he is brought back to a re-run of the war where he hears bombs,
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mortars and the voices of people who died.
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