How does Tony Harrison use language, form and structure to present grief in ‘Long Distance II’?
The poem ‘Long Distance II’ tackles the issue of bereavement and the emotions that are connected. In this poem, the speaker seems to be able to cope with the death of his mother and believes in a matter-of-factly fashion that “life ends with death”, however we learn that in reality he still feels grief and “calls the disconnected number” for his mother and father who […]