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WK 43 - Half-Past-Two

This one-page document provides a summary and analysis of the poem "Half-Past Two" by UA Fanthorpe. It summarizes the background and context of the poem's writing, Fanthorpe's intention in writing the poem, and how she explores the theme of time. The document also annotates the poem, noting examples of language techniques, structural elements, and potential links to other poems.

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WK 43 - Half-Past-Two

This one-page document provides a summary and analysis of the poem "Half-Past Two" by UA Fanthorpe. It summarizes the background and context of the poem's writing, Fanthorpe's intention in writing the poem, and how she explores the theme of time. The document also annotates the poem, noting examples of language techniques, structural elements, and potential links to other poems.

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ONE SHEET REVISION

‘Half-Past Two’ by UA Fanthorpe


Summarise what the poem is about in full sentences:

Annotate the poem with points you remember from your initial study:
Th

Half-Past Two
Once upon a schooltime
He did Something Very Wrong
(I forget what it was).

And She said he’d done


Something Very Wrong, and must
Stay in the school-room till half-past-two.

(Being cross, she’d forgotten


She hadn’t taught him Time.
He was too scared at being wicked to remind her.)

He knew a lot of time: he knew


Gettinguptime, timeyowereofftime,
Timetogohomenowtime, TV time,

Timeformykisstime (that was Grantime).


All the important times he knew,
But not half-past-two.

He knew the clockface, the little eyes


it

And two long legs for walking,


But he couldn’t click its language,

So he waited, beyond onceupona,


Out of reach of all the timefors,
And knew he’d escaped for ever

Into the smell of old chrysanthemums on Her desk,


Into the silent noise his hangnail made,
Into the air outside the window, into ever.

And then, my goodness, she said,


Scuttling in, I forgot all about you.
Run along or you’ll be late.

So she slotted him back into schooltime,


And he got home in time for teatime,
Nexttime, notimeforthatnowtime,

But he never forgot how once by not knowing time,


He escaped into the clockless land for ever,
Where time hides tick-less waiting to be born

What is the background to the writing of ‘Half-Past-Two? What is Fanthorpe’s intention in writing this poem?
When was this poem written?
to criticise

How has Fanthorpe’s own experiences influenced


her writing? to inform

to celebrate

to advocate
Language Structure and form
Example and effect Example and effect
Adjectives Omniscient
third person
narrator.

Neologisms Free verse

Compound Enjambment
words

Personification Short stanzas


versus long
sentences

Onomatopoeia Capitalisation

Sensory Parenthesis
language

What other poems in the anthology can we link to this poem to and why?

How does Fanthorpe explore the theme of time in her poem ‘Half-past-two’?

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