Title: How does the poet create an atmosphere of sadness and a sense of loss? How effectively does he do this? comment: its a review of the poem 'gone' by simon armitage author: becky

We're studying the poem, 'Gone' by Simon Armitage, It's a very effective and detailed poem. It works on a number of different levels and can have a number of different meanings. It deals with issues of death and sorrow. It's about a man who had just lost his wife, and his inner feelings and memories. The poem has a really heavy pace, like a heartbeat, of a man, alone. The mood of the poem is …

…blurry for him. This poem is extremely effective, it's very clever though, it has a good pace and an upsetting tone, the poet, (Simon Armitage) has written this poem very well. Some poet's use rhyming to express things, and some poet's use pace, But Simon Armitage has used imagery, mainly, and very well too. It's created a real sense of loss and an atmosphere of sadness in this poem, and it has been beautifully expressed.