Summary of greenaway
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) From reading the first three stanzas we can see that the scene is set at the seaside, and the poet is describing the sea line. All along the side if the ocean is a ‘breezy cliff’ that is toped with grass and vegetation. A mile long path leads from the top of the cliff down to the shoreline where you have to climb over an awkward stile to get onto the path that is covered in beach sand. At the bottom of the path, the shoreline is covered in water worn peoples and ‘blasted track’ that is rough to step on. Because of the shingled shoreline the seaweed washed up by the waves gets lodged into the rocks and pebbles where it rots and gives the bay a slight stench. As you walk along the rocky shingle with the salty air blowing in your face your feet would be tickled by all the sea-wood lice that have made their home in the seaweed. Glancing out into the sea are inviting rock pools, that are being washed by the high tides and house and entire world of their own. This rough shingle of a bay, covered on seaweed and sea-woodlice leads round to the beach at Greenaway.
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The poem Greenaway, starts with Betjeman describing the long walk down to the beach, what he saw and physically felt. In the 4-6 stanzas, Betjeman describes to us the power and strength of the ocean and waves that “mount to cast”, which then crash onto the beach with a host of cowries.