How many Stanza Stones are there?
six Stanza Stones
There are six Stanza Stones in total, with a mythical Seventh Stone which Armitage notes “those looking hard enough might stumble across a seventh Stanza Stone, a secret stone left in an unnamed location within the Watershed area, waiting to be discovered and read.”
Did Simon Armitage have PTSD?
He suffered severe PTSD as a result of his experiences and the poem recalls one particular event where the soldier shot the looter of a bank and was left with horrendous flashbacks reliving the moment of the man’s death.
Where are the stanza stones on Ilkley Moor?
The six stones are located as follows, from south to north: The Snow Stone: Pule Hill, Marsden53.594011°N 1.956117°W – SE031108. The Rain Stone: Cow’s Mouth Quarry, off A58 road between Littleborough and Ripponden53.668598°N 2.057431°W – SD964191. The Mist Stone: Nab Hill, near Oxenhope53.790822°N 1.952877°W – SE033327.
What is a vision by Simon Armitage about?
His poem ‘A Vision’ was first published in his 2006 collection Tyrannosaurus Rex versus the Corduroy Kid. In summary, ‘A Vision’ analyses the contrast between our idealistic hopes and plans for the future and the somewhat less perfect reality, which often falls short of our expectations.
Who is the speaker in the poem give?
The poem ends with the speaker starkly stating: ‘I’m on my knees. I beg of you’. Armitage uses the second person ‘you’ throughout. ‘You’ is both intimate and confrontational, directly addressing the reader with a voice – the marginalised voice of homelessness – so often silenced.
What is the structure of out of the blue?
There is a loose rhyme scheme. Each third line has the same number of syllables (except in the final stanza). In each stanza (except the last) the second and fourth lines end with a present continuous verbs and rhyme – buring/turning, waving/saving.