... poem. The speaker is definitely taking time and waiting for the right person as if they have one in mind. In another odd sense the speaker gives off a feeling of trustworthiness by opening up to the reader with their cautiousness. "What He Said to His Enemies" is the next poem I examined. The thoughts behind the words of this poem are ones ... ...
... to have faith. Up until this point there are no definite examples of the faith healing being a pretence. Larkin has lulled the reader into a false sense of security about the trustworthiness of the healer in the same way that the women have been tricked. A series of forceful words such as 'demands', 'abruptly' and 'exiled' are used to reinforce the healer's lack ... ...
... a society where the cost of living compared with income is steadily increasing, where diseases are becoming increasingly common, and where the public is becoming increasingly disillusioned about the reliability and trustworthiness of politicians. Poems like London are those which can still be applied to cities today, which seem to be rapidly desensitising itself to the marks of weakness, marks of woe ... ...
... with Brabantio establishes him as a "great" man, as all heroes of Shakespearean tragedies have to be. The orderliness of his verse also suggests to us both his confidence and his trustworthiness. By the end of the first act therefore, we can see that Othello's language has vastly affected our impression of him and we have seen examples of his skilled use ... ...
