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We, as readers can tell primarily from the form and structure of Harrison's 'National Trust' what he thinks of Marxist ideas and the logic of society's superstructure. The poem comes under the technical term of a sonnet however, it is not a usual sonnet in fact, it is what's known as a stretched sonnet because unlike most 12 line sonnets 'National Trust' is 16 lines. Harrison also stretches slightly from the norm as, his poem is not describing his love for a singular person but his sympathy for a body of people, in this poem it is the proletariat, (working class) and this is why critics believe the use of a sonnet is appropriate. Harrison continues to fight the norm as he breaks up the structure of his poem for example, the use of separating the line 'not even a good flogging made him holler!' shows that he, as a member of the working class, can write a poem that was thought to be significant of to the bourgeoisie and make significant changes to the conventional structure and still be as successful. Although, there are many ways to distinct this poem from the rest, Harrison uses some of the same tools that an upper class writer would in a conventional sonnet. We see a clear rhyming pattern throughout the poem which suggests that Harrison may well be using the bourgeoisie's own tools against them and almost bragging that although, he is working class he too, can write conventionally and is just as worthy to be a poet as the upper class are.
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