The Biographer Flashcards
What perspective is the poem from and who is the speaker?
A man obsessed and devoted to Charles Dickens. First person perspective from the man, and the reader is Charles Dickens
What themes are present in the poem?
Obsession, jealousy,lust, money, intimacy
Describe what happens in the poem.
A man, obsessed with Dickens and his work, touches his office,sleeps in his bed, thinking about him while also seeking out and aiming to distinguish his own identity through Dickens, the idea of a wanted doppelganger surfacing. He writes to him, destroys his marriages and imagines himself like Dickens
What structure does the poem have?
No rhythm, no meter and free verse to replicate the unrehearsed outpour of adoration towards Dickens
What techniques are used in the poem?
Second personal pronoun
Semantic field of intimacy
Synecdoche- using techniques that Dickens also used
Neologism-like Dickens
