‘Good Friday’ by Edwin Morgan

severe Friday by Edwin MorganIn this essay I will show how Edwin Morgan uses different poetic techniques to cozy up central themes in the poem. The poem is about a slightly sot working class piece Morgan encounters on a public slew in Glasgow at easterly. One of the main themes with features in this poem is faith, in particular about how edict is becoming more secular. The title Good Friday immediately refers to the date Jesus was crucified, bringing religion into the poem from the start. Also, 3 oclock is the clip Jesus is thought to have died, other biblical reference.The fact that the man is going to get Some Easter eggs for the kiddies, but isnt re anyy sure at all about the relevance of them to the holiday he is celebrating, shows that they have no true relevance to him even though he is spending money on them, though to Christians, they symbolise the stone covering the tomb where Christ was buried. It shows how religion has faded, and businesses commercialise these h olidays for profit. Another key theme in the poem is social-class in particular how the fact that this man is working class affects the steering he treats the holidays.The man explains Ive had a wee insobriety, but the way he flops into the seat suggests differently. He must have understandn a contrariety between himself and Morgan because he feels the need to explain ashamedly, almost, I like to stay fresh when Im no working, and the way his speech is unkept up suggests embarrassment, I dont say its secure -Im no saying its right ye commiserate ye understand? The repetition of the question shows he feels pressurized he doesnt want to be judged, and it shows an eagerness to be approved.It shows that even by appearances he can see the line between himself and Morgan, and in saying Youre an educatit man, he is screen of putting himself down, sounding as though he thinks he is downstairs Morgan. He gives off the impression of being slightly angry, and emotional, when he say s Its been seen time and time again, the working man has nae education. He describes himself as bliddy unintentional. His emotional, chatty persona may partly be because of the wee drink he has had, the aftermath has left him feeling slightly depressed.The Scottish speech pattern that Morgan uses for the drunken man also give the poem a palpate of place, the fae, aye, and wasny, all give the impression a Glaswegian man, as well as the poor sentence structure, rose fae the idle like, see what I mean? . It further cast ups to the impression that the working-class man is poorly educated. The verbs that are use lurches, flops, lunges, and swings are all quite planetal and violent movements, and the fact that the poem is in the present tense add to that feeling of immediacy and make you feel in the poem.At the end, the structure of the drop dead sentence, On very nearly steady legs could be describing the mans movements as he steps off of the bus, because the words are used as a so rt of calligram, the words look like steps. In conclusion, Good Friday is a poem in which strong poetic techniques such(prenominal) as speech, verbs, repetition, and symbolism , and they are used to highlight central themes in the poem such as social class issues, and the way society is becoming increasingly secular.