WebbIn both poems the subject matter pylons are personalised. In Stephen Spender's poem in the second stanza ; "Pylons , those pillars Bare like n**e, giant girls that have no secret." This simile likens the pylons to shameless girls, the pylons are not demure or disguised in any way, and they stand out from the natural forms of landscape. WebbThe Hungerford Bridge crosses the River Thames in London, and lies between Waterloo Bridge and Westminster Bridge.Owned by Network Rail Infrastructure Ltd (who use its official name of Charing Cross Bridge) it is a steel truss railway bridge flanked by two more recent, cable-stayed, pedestrian bridges that share the railway bridge's foundation piers, …
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WebbThe “pylon” poems of Auden and his contemporaries often seem most urgent in their warnings precisely when they crave the crisis they foresee, an urgency that coalesces … Webb1 mars 2024 · The ‘Pylon Poets’ was the name given to a group of British poets writing in the 1930s, poets whose work deals with technological modernity. The poem which … bird houses for owls
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Webb21 sep. 2024 · The first pylon was put up at Bonnyfield near Falkirk in Scotland on 14 July 1928, but the CEB’s new transmission grid didn’t begin operating until 1933, when it was run as a series of regional grids. The grid became a truly national system in 1938, ten years after the first pylon was set up. At the time the grid was being formed, writers ... Webb8 maj 2024 · By The Pylons. The secret of these hills was stone, and cottages. Of that stone made, And crumbling roads. That turned on sudden hidden villages. Now over these small hills, they have built the concrete. That trails black wire. Pylons, those pillars. Bare like nude giant girls that have no secret. WebbOne for @EngineerLondon from the special November 1933 issue of Architectural Review on #electricity - Stephen Spender's poem on transmission towers "The Pylons". #architecture #poem #poetry @IETLibArch @C20Society . 11 Apr 2024 08:19:46 bird houses for parakeets