1. Analysis 3
The Ruined Temple

2. Poem ends with reference to St Francis. ...
Technique
Line
Quotation
Effect
Metaphor
Word choice 1 2
‘ruined temple’
‘eyes wept pus’
Disgusting image.Connotations of illness and infection.
Imagery 4
4,5,6
‘higher than his head’
Shocking image. Used to reflect sheer hardships of his day to day life
Enjambment 6
Physical reminder of his difference
Instead of another horrific description the emphasis falls on “Grazie”, Italian for “thank you” showing gratitude.
Simile 7 8
‘Grazie’
‘as sweet as a child’s...’
Despite his hardships he values what he has and shows gratitude to those who are willing to help him.
Structure 10
‘mother’
‘St Francis’
Poem ends with reference to St Francis. ...

3. has connotations of illness and infection
Technique
Line
Quotation
Effect
Metaphor 1
‘ruined temple’
The metaphor suggests that the beggar’s body is as holy and worthy of respect as the great church, however the tourists have “passed” him by. The beggar is ruined as he has been neglected and fallen into disrepair just like a building.
Word choice 2
‘Eyes wept pus’
‘pus’
obviously the beggar would be distressed (tears)through his immense suffering and poverty but it is also effective in communicating yet another aspect of the dwarf’s degraded physical condition
has connotations of illness and infection
Imagery
Repetition 4
4,5,6
‘higher than his head’
‘whose’
Shocking image. Used to reflect sheer hardships of his day to day life
repetition of “whose” to personalise his plight and force the reader to see him as a person worthy of attention.
Enjambment 6
‘lopsided’
‘mouth’
Physical reminder of his difference
Instead of another horrific description the emphasis falls on “Grazie”, Italian for “thank you” showing gratitude.
Simile 7 8
‘Grazie’
‘as sweet as a child’s...’
Despite his hardships he values what he has and shows gratitude to those who are willing to help him.
is grateful and childlike. The narrator makes clear that though the dwarf’s body is deformed and ugly, his soul is not. He has inner beauty.
Structure 10
‘mother’
‘St Francis’
The relationship between child and its mother has connotations of love, innocence, caring and compassion; all things which the dwarf has been denied
Poem ends with reference to St Francis. The narrator is pointing out that St Francis would have spoken to and helped the dwarf but his message has been lost.