Gutter Press :: Poetry Analysis

Gutter Press This poem is about a sleazy tatter newspaper. The writer is trying to pay his point across about how merciless the news editor program Is, he does this by adding humour, some slight exaggeration and also with another character The camera operator, he has a tot completelyy varied personality and also work ethic, In this essay I go forth use Dehns humour to demonstrate the grime and sensationalism of the Editor. Almost all of the editors words are headlines Nun drinks whiskey...Mayor binds wife With chain...Baby found burnt in cot, these are all short snappy lines, which speed up The poem and are like real headlines, theyre very quick and brave very short, Soon to be replaced by other, more scandalous stories, the fast pace is very important Adding a strong rhyme, Dehn includes alliteration young woman Guide Throttled...Baronet Bottled. The two different news people have all in all different characters, one the editor, he is a ruthless man and his military capability 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 contrast to his colleague, he uses empyreal language and is a naturalist Shall I get a enter of the lovebird singing?, he speaks slower and more 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 down again, the editor is original in what he says, and is not to be