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Killing a whale - Poetry analysis

Poetry Assignment

From the poems we have studied, which two or three do you feel have made their points most effectively?

Although the poems I have studied have been written in different ways about very different subjects, they all have one thing in common – each poet has a ‘burning issue’ they wish to convey to an audience. The poem I have chosen is David Gill’s ‘Killing a Whale’, this poem describes in detail the horrific and prolonged death of a Whale for the sole purpose of the recovery of oil. It conveys to the reader the pointless death of such a magnificent creature.
The title of this poem is both simple and effective; it bluntly reveals the alarming issue Gill feels so strongly about. The structure of the poem is written in three irregular verses, the first describing the method of attacking a Whale, the second deals with the incredible death of the Whale and the third gives us the feeble and pathetic reason that it is murdered.
The opening line is written...

Posted by: Tamara Moore

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