In this Essay I will be comparing and contrasting the poems: ‘Nettles’, ‘Brothers’ and ‘Farmers bride’ with Mice and Men.
In ‘Nettles’, the poet uses structure to symbolise his feeling. The first stanza consists of four sets of lines and applies in all of the stanzas which is proximate to sonnet form. He has intentionally done this to show anger because Scannel didn’t believe in regimented discipline he didn’t like the military, he reacted against what other people would tell him to do; this indicates that he is breaking the rules as he did when he ran away from the army. The way he uses words is very interesting as the first line says “My son aged three fell in the Nettle bed” the word bed causes the reader to stop, the full stop represents this pause It is a moment of contemplation the word ‘bed’ is ambiguous as we know that it’s used for sleeping or resting which …show more content…
when he crushed Curley’s hand, he says he “didn’t wanna hurt him”-but George emboldens him saying “Get im’ Lennie”, because of their relationship, Lennie is more liable to follow his orders and obey. Steinbeck’s first descriptions of George and Lennie demonstrate the fact that George is like a father figure to the shapeless faced Lennie. Lennie, despite his age, acts and speaks like a child due to mental retardation. He is always mimicking George and following him obediently: “they had walked in single file down the path, and even in the open one stayed behind the other. Which again demonstrates a father and son relationship. Additionally, George can be compared with the father in the poem with the poem ‘Nettles’ especially the father. This is because when the father tries to protect his son he overreacts when the son falls into the nettles he cuts down the nettles as an extended metaphor to portray the poet’s anger towards the