'V' by Tony Harrison

Things i found interesting about this poem:

• even though i found the use of swearing was slightly excessive, i liked how it combined with the angry tone of the poem. "fuck" and "cunt" are both very harsh sounding words, which are en-keeping with the tone.
• i thought that there was no real sense of positive emotion throughout the poem even though he was talking about his deceased family; he seemed to concentrate more on the negative than the positive.
• the tone is consistent and obvious straight away from the title; "V" may be interpreted as swearing.
• the use of oppositions throughout the poem, contrasting 'A' with 'B'; an example of this within the poem is the opposing themes of love and hate .