For the Fire Poem Analysis Fom the Authors Perspective Essay Example

Some poems I have written in the past such as 'For the Fire', 'Martin and the Hand Grenade' and 'Summer Rain' contain a deliberate, overlying theme. The theme of violence is clearly evident, in 'For the Fire' we read about a vicious encounter between a kookaburra and a lizard. In 'Martin and the Hand Grenade' a child shows his other class members a grenade, on the old weapon of warfare, and I use imagery to create a classroom battle scene. Finally in 'Summer Rain' a car crash is depicted. In 'For the Fire' the theme of violence is more refined, the theme is of violence in nature and it is centered around the phrase 'survival of the fittest'.

In this poem strong words are used to help convey the theme some include 'hacks', 'pouting blood', 'bones are s