What are the themes language structure of The Washerwomen by the Poet Owen Campbell?

Answer 1

The themes in Washer women are those of regret, and predictability. Regret is shown by their former hopes for example 'baffled hopes' and 'drifts of dissapointment'. They also are shown to hold onto their thoughts as they are 'unchanging'. They also have very repetitive lives by the use of words such as 'familiar' 'reisgned themselves to day long swishing' and how each day 'the shadows come' showing how they wash all day long.

For language, there are lots of repferences to music with word phrases siuch as ' of an orchestra' and ' sound of washing' and 'persistent music' ypu can analyse each one of these seperatley or just collect them as a series. There is also a HUGE amoutn of onomatopia(Sorry cannot spell) like 'bubles', 'humming', 'rushing' 'crash' these contribute also to the feeling of an orchestra with each sound playing its part but also the animation of the whole event and prehaps the excitment a stranger would feel.

The structure is odvious, it follows a day of the washing until the 'shadows come' this further reinforces how tedious and time consuming the work is. It also follows the feeling of the women who beign with their hopes and dreams but by the end they have 'resigned themselves' to the daylong siwshing showing how they have lost faith.

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Answer 2

The themes in "The Washerwomen" by Owen Campbell include perseverance, hard work, and the struggles of everyday life. The language structure of the poem likely emphasizes these themes through vivid imagery, repetition, and possibly a rhythmic pattern to evoke the repetitive nature of washing clothes.

Answer 3

Personification