1. Sound effects help to create atmosphere – alliteration, sibilance, assonance
Addresses reader
Directly – ‘I’
Language is mostly conversational
‘After the Titanic’
Rhythm has a natural feeling with run on lines and simple everyday words. Poem feels like a cry from the heart naturally addressed to reader-engages us
Poem focusing on person – dramatic monologue which enters into Ismay’s mind. Also gives glimpse of views of others
Vivid descriptions of the Titanic sinking.
Imagery exaggerated to express feelings

3. ‘They said I got away in a boat/And humbled me at the enquiry
Language used suggests he feels treated unfairly
‘sank as far that night as any/Hero.’
Metaphor
Alliteration – sound effects create impact
Feels like a victim, compares his plight. Clever use of language – sarcastic tone to ‘hero’
‘a pandemonium of/Prams, pianos, sideboards, winches,/Boilers bursting
Vivid imagery evokes atmosphere of chaos.

4. ‘Now I hide/In a lonely house
‘Now I hide/In a lonely house...the tide leaves broken toys and hat-boxes/Silently at my door’
Aftermath of the disaster-imagery evokes sympathy. Reminded of women&children. Symbolises his guilt
‘The showers of April, flowers of May mean nothing to me...I drown again with all those dim/Lost faces I never understood’
Metaphor
Torment and guilt are made evident. Realises he escaped due to priviledge.

5. ‘Include me in your lamentations’
Simile/Sibilance/ Assoance
‘My poor soul/Screams out in the starlight, heart Breaks loose and rolls down like a stone.
Vivid imagery to illustrate his suffering. Note of self-pity.
Sense of grief echoed
‘Include me in your lamentations’
His final plea is tragic.
- Utter desolation (misery)