what are the three main emotions John Clare wants us to feel in 'the badger' poem?
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sleep, eat and repeat
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John ClareThe Badger by John Clare
In this classic poem, The Badger, Clare shows his mastery of metre and rhyme to make a compelling piece. The poem is ostensibly about animal cruelty, a topic covered often by Clare. In specific this one is about badger baiting. It is of it’s time and whilst not as “clever” as some of it’s more contemporary counterparts it still stirs great emotion with it’s grizzly content, especially in the second and third stanza where we see the badger standing up for himself despite the insurmountable odds.
Form and Tone of The Badger
The poem is written in three stanzas the first two consist of fourteen lines and the last stanza of twelve. The poem is written in iambic pentameter with a consistent rhyming pattern, using couplets (AABBCC…) although rhyme in contemporary poetry is often used to denote humour or joy, it was more frequently used in classical poem, even in more sombre poetry as is the case with this poem. This is somewhat bleak and chronicles the story of animals being used in badger baiting. A cruel blood sport where a badger is pulled from its home and repeatedly attacked by large dogs this is a practice that, whilst illegal is still occasionally practiced today.
The Badger Analysis
The poem uses it’s strict form and repetition of the word “and” at the start of sentences to help portray a frenetic pace which mirrors the frantic happenings in the poem. Using the present-tense also aids in this endeavour. The poem paints the badger baiters in a cruel, unsympathetic light and characterises the badger as being brave and stoic. Personifying it to some extent by giving it human characteristics.