Metho Drinker

We have chosen this poem to analyse today as we thought that it would be single that you could all relate to. Not unavoidably to the homeless man, further to the topic of dependency. Nearly every one hither would have known someone who has suffered from an addiction, and knows the topic that it has on non solo the addict, but their families. It also high featherbraineds the ignorance in todays society, as some(prenominal) are unaware of their sad existence. Main Idea The poem Metho juice reamer by Judith Wright tells the story of a homeless man and his addiction to methylated inspirit, an addiction which is slowly killing him.Living in winters harsh conditions under the d tucker outh of winters leaves he lies he hides away from society. He is alone and cries to vigour and the terrible night as he has nothing and there is no one around him. So he turns to the one thing in his life that keeps him warm, methylated spirits. Personification The poem forever uses personificatio n, as a way of interpreting the mans kin with the bottle. The bottle is personified as his girl, his only companion. His fair sex of fire who creep to his heart and sets a examine there, this shows his love and affection for this woman. In the next two lines his addiction to Metho becomes evident, as Wright introduces the metaphor of liquescent away his flesh to eat the nerve that tethers him in time as the addiction is slowly killing him. the Metho burns him as he drinks it to eat the nerve that tethers him in time. He drinks it to take his trouble oneself away. The candle burning keeps him warm inside and provides him with warmth that he can not find on the streets.Similes Light is compared to knives whose thrust I cannot turn which suggests the pain that light brings to the drinker. Time, to the man, is a never ending trouble. By drinking the methylated spirits he feels like he is escaping time and escaping from the troubles in his life. He is uneasy under her kiss/and winc es from that acid of her desire. This shows how the metho is killing him but the desire and need for her or it is too strong to stop and his addiction has taken over.Symbolism Symbolism is apply in the poem as the woman and his apparent love and desire for her symbolises the bottle of Methylated Spirits and his addiction. Voice The voice of the poem is written in third person. This technique is used in a way to show an outsiders perception of the homeless man. Structure The structure is a technique that has been used in this poem. The first stanza in the poem sets the scene for the reader, and helps to give the prefatory story of the man.It shows how the drinker cries to nothing and the terrible night and shows his hate for time, light and societys cruelty. Whereas in the second stanza introduces the drinker and his relationship with the bottle. extended language Figurative language is used in the poem when describing the effect that the Metho has on the drinker. It melts away t he flesh that hides the bone to eat the nerve that tethers him, this is a non literal phrase, but again shows the feeling that the Metho creates in him, further cause his addiction.