1. Critical Appreciation of V by Tony Harrison
... this, as "V" is about the many dichotomies of life, as well as being a poem about Harrison himself. Growing through the social classes from a working class boy to a successful poet, despite this, he still wishes to remain in the same social circle as his parents. Despite the links there are also differences such as the use of colloquial language, " ... for the working class as it was considered to be a job that only the upper classes could enjoy the benefits of. This is one of the reasons why Harrison uses Byron and Wordsworth as the names of others in the graveyard, as he believes ...
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