Poetry - i wanna be yours

Question 1

Context for i wanna be yours

Answer 1

• Written 1982 by punk poet and performer Sir John Cooper Clark (1945-).
• He is nicknamed The Bard of Salford.
• He is influenced by the Beatnik movement, about liberation and rejection of social norms.

Question 2

Summary of i wanna be yours

Answer 2

A love song using comparisons to household objects to demonstrate all areas of the narrator’s love for someone.

Question 3

Theme Comparisons for i wanna be yours

Answer 3

• One-sided - La Belle Dame
• Admiration - La Belle Dame

Question 4

Message of i wanna be yours

Answer 4

Obsession

Question 5

Structure and form points for i wanna be yours

Answer 5

• No punctuation/capitalisation – breaking norms of how love is expressed.
• Refrain ‘i wanna be yours’ layers the feelings he has for the woman.
• Enjambment throughout, repetition of ‘let me be your’ – will take on any role to convenience her.
• Rhyme - lyrical, song

Question 6

Language points for i wanna be yours

Answer 6

• Breathing in your dust - crave every bit of them, sexual innuendo?
• raincoat for those frequent rainy days - shielding from pathetic fallacy.
• teddy bear - feminine comfort, youthful affection.
• I will not run out - incessant love.