PowerPoint by: Gavin Brumbley

Davie was born in Barnsley, Yorkshire, England, a son of Baptist parents.Barnsley He began his education at Barnsley Hogate Grammar School. He wrote the technique of poetry in both books. He had a good life and great family.

Structure 12 lines 3 stanzas Nothing rhymes

Speaker of Poem The speaker of this poem is an adult The poets name is Donald Davie He wrote this poem

Across the Bay By Donald Davie A queer thing about those waters: there are no Birds there, or hardly any. I did not miss them, I do not remember Missing them, or thinking it uncanny. The beach so-called was a blinding splinter of limestone, A quarry outraged by hulls. We took pleasure in that: the emptiness, the hardness Of the light, the silence, and the water’s stillness. But this was the setting for one of our murderous scenes. This hurt, and goes on hurting: The venomous soft jelly, the undersides. We could stand the world if it were hard all over. LITERARY ELEMENTS Literary elements

A queer thing about those waters: there are no Birds there, or hardly any. I did not miss them, I do not remember Missing them, or thinking it uncanny.

The beach so-called was a blinding splinter of limestone, A quarry outraged by hulls. We took pleasure in that: the emptiness, the hardness Of the light, the silence, and the water’s stillness.

But this was the setting for one of our murderous scenes. This hurt, and goes on hurting: The venomous soft jelly, the undersides. We could stand the world if it were hard all over.

Across the Bay By Donald Davie A queer thing about those waters: there are no Birds there, or hardly any. I did not miss them, I do not remember Missing them, or thinking it uncanny. The beach so-called was a blinding splinter of limestone, A quarry outraged by hulls. We took pleasure in that: the emptiness, the hardness Of the light, the silence, and the water’s stillness. But this was the setting for one of our murderous scenes. This hurt, and goes on hurting: The venomous soft jelly, the undersides. We could stand the world if it were hard all over. Repetition Free verse There isn’t a rhyme or a rhythm

Across the Bay By Donald Davie A queer thing about those waters: there are no Birds there, or hardly any. I did not miss them, I do not remember Missing them, or thinking it uncanny. The beach so-called was a blinding splinter of limestone, A quarry outraged by hulls. We took pleasure in that: the emptiness, the hardness Of the light, the silence, and the water’s stillness. But this was the setting for one of our murderous scenes. This hurt, and goes on hurting: The venomous soft jelly, the undersides. We could stand the world if it were hard all over. The meaning of this poem is about a person who stands by the water by the bay

The authors purpose of this poem is to tell the reader to cherish every moment in life. The life that he had was great. He wrote books. And lots of other things also.

“Cherish every moment in life that you love in life”

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