Activity 6e- Analyse the Parallels Between the Picture and the Poem

Activity 6e- Analyse the Parallels Between the Picture and the Poem

Response

The subject matter in both the poem and the picture share one similar action: protesting against something.

 In the poem, the poet has written a poem on behalf of a group of students who are rebelling and protesting against the treatment of their school. The reader is able to understand the subject matter due to the strong, informal language used by the students, the use of metaphors (e.g- All in all, it's just another brick in the wall...) and repetition.

The picture also displays some sort of protest against something. We can tell this by looking at  the position and direction of the crowds' arms, their closed fists and the facial expressions of the few people we can see. However, we are unable to tell what subject or person the crowd is protesting at.