How does Don Paterson deal with questions of presence and absence in Rain? Discuss this literature term paper in relation to two or more poems from the volume. The other poems are to choose from for section B and A is ‘song of myself’ by Walt Whitman, ‘Inglan is a Bitch’ by Johnson, ‘excerpts from fidget’ by Goldsmith and ‘Howl’ by Allen Ginsberg Section B- choose only one question to answer and when answering do not use Don paterson’s Rain as one of the poems to answer the question with 1. With reference to two or three poems covered on the module, connect the form of the poem(s) to that of the human body. In what ways do poems have (or reflect) embodied subjects? 2. If poetic forms remained static and unchanging, what would that say about their context? Why should poets seek to experiment with poetic form? Refer to two or three poems on the module. 3. The performance of a poem is importantly different from the way it appears on the page – discuss two or three poems in terms of the effects they have ‘beyond’ the printed page. 4. How is class difference portrayed in poetry? Use two or three poems from the module in your answer. 5. What makes a poem ‘political’? Refer to two or three poems from the module in your answer. 6. Discuss experiences of disability as represented in two or three poems from the module 7. Discuss the ways in which two or three poems on the module can be read as a ‘becoming animal’. 8. Discuss the ways in which two or three poems on the module speak of, and perhaps to, the dead.