Hide and Seek by Vernon Scannell and Half Past Two by...

Hide and Seek by Vernon Scannell and Half Past Two by U.A. Fanthorpe Task: Compare two poems of the same theme in detail. In this essay I will be looking at two poems, which are similar in theme and discussing their similarities. I will be using the poems Hide and Seek by Vernon Scannell and Half Past Two by U A Fanthorpe. These poems are similar to each other because their main theme is growing up, as the poems are set in the mind of a child. The first poem called Hide and Seek by Vernon Scannell is an unusual poem as it takes a lot of imagination to fully understand the poem. The title of the poem suggests that the story is about a childish game but this is from an adults point of view as this poem is set in†¦show more content†¦The poet then uses a technique where the poem goes to the first persons perspective of the child. The sentences say They will never find you in this salty dark. But be careful that your feet arent sticking out. These sentences put the poem through the childs eyes as he sees this game as a matter of life and death. This technique could be known as war imagery as the sentences relate to what the commander would shout in the middle of a war. This suggests that the child feels this game is as serious as that and that is what the poet is trying to do. The poet then uses a new technique, which is by using the senses (hearing, smelling, tasting, feeling and seeing). The sentence says, The floor is cold. This sentence made me feel like I was the child as reading what he felt made me feel it too. The poet uses this technique to create tension as when the floor is cold it reminds the reader of what the child is going through and which, in his mind, is scary. The sentences then get far shorter and the war imagery is increased in usage as it says things like You mustnt sneeze when they come prowling in which suggests that the childs friends (or the people he is playing this game with) are seen as predators to the child as that is how they are described. This is a tactical sentence with strategic words within it. The other sentence says and here they are, whispering at the door which also suggests that these people