Name: Apollo Ojarda Martinez

Section:11 Heliotrope STEM

KILLING A MOSQUITO
Writer Peter Porter has a deep knowledge of social history and explains what his poems are telling.
Although he was Australian, he was considered an English poet. His work has been characterized as sad,
concise, and masterful. One of his favorite quotes of his is "subtle, varied, ornamental, artful, which
basically describes the form of his poetry. Although formally written in rhyme, the context is very ominous
in a wise way, as some words are used as patterns. And death. A mixture of formality, devaluation and
sarcasm. There were many literary devices used by Porter. Peter Porter's poem "Kill the Mosquito". The
date the poem was published is unknown. Australian-born poet Peter Porter moved to England in 1951. He
is the author of over fifteen volumes of his poems, and is also the editor and translator of several others.
Porter's work demonstrates a deep knowledge of literary and social history, yet is attuned to modern
civilization and current jargon. Alan Brown john, reviewing better than God for the Times Online, identified
Porter as a “poet, traveler and social observer,” noting that his manner is “calm, deliberate, sometimes
distinctly grand, emotionally reticent.” Porter was a writer-in-residence at university both Australia and
England. He received the Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry, the Whitbread Prize for Poetry, the Duff Cooper
Prize, and the 1990 Gold Medal of the Australian Literary Society.

My understanding is that everything revolves around life. If it is anxiety and fear of death. The
phrase "this one second might happen" somehow refers to someone who is afraid to die .The author uses
metaphorical words that relate to our lives. No password, sesame or millet, Get the precious handle of
doubling .For our life but to accept it. Think how your life will end I'm here. I think most people are afraid of
it in some way. We also recognize that this fear usually stems from fear of the unknown. Whatever causes
us to face the thought of death, what really matters is how we deal with that perception. This poem is
divided into his three sections, each containing six of his lines. ABABAB is a common rhyming pattern in
poetry. A poet, Peter Porter has a thorough understanding of social history, which explains the importance
of his poetry. Although Australian, he was considered an English poet. His writings have been described as
melancholy, sharp, and witty. "Be subtle, varied decorative and wise" is one of his favorite sayings. It pretty
much sums up the structure of the poem. Though formally written in rhyme, the context is subtly bizarre
due to the use of certain words as a design. Themes of judgment and death are repeated in this poem. Use a
mix of formal, insulting, sarcastic, and offensive tone. Porter employed a variety of literary techniques.
Starting with the most obvious, his reference to one of Francis Bacon's quotes: poem "Kill the Mosquito"
shows and talks about how the mosquito died. In the first stanza, the mosquito was already bleeding
because it was just a slap in the face and it died. As you can see, when we compare how mosquitoes and
humans die, there is a big difference. Peter Potter's Mosquito Slayer was made in Australia. The poem is all
about the feeling of killing mosquitoes. The poem contains his six lines in each stanza, and has a rhyming
scheme in three stanzas. Peter Porter, the author, has a thorough understanding of so Peter Porter, the
author, has a thorough understanding of social history, which explains what his poetry is trying to say.
Although he was Australian, he was regarded as a British port. His writings were praised for being somber,
succinct, and witty, Be delicate, diverse , intelligent is one of his favorite maxims, which pretty much sums
up the poem's structure. Although it was written professionally and thyme , the context was cleverly
created by the usage of specific words as designs history, which explains what his poetry is trying to say.
Although he was Australian, he was regarded as a British poet. His writings were praised as trivial, concise
and witty. Subtitle, varied, decorative, intelligent is one of his favorite maxims, which pretty much sums up
the structure of the poem. Although professionally written and rhymed, the use of specific words in the
design deftly provided context.

My conclusion shows that the writer Peter Porter has a deep knowledge of social history and
explains what his poetry is telling. Although he was Australian, he was considered an English poet. His work
has been characterized as sad, concise, and masterful. One of his favorite quotes of his is "subtle, varied,
decorative, artful." This basically explains the form he made in his poetry. Although it is formally written
and follows a rhyme scheme, the context is very quirky in an intelligent way, playing with and sketching the
words used. This can distract the reader from the original purpose and meaning of the poem. Ideas he had
repeatedly for this poem included judgment and death. It mixes different tones of formality, understating,
and even sarcasm

References:
Peter Porter (2004) killing a mosquito retrieved on October 24, 2022 from
https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/C526370