This poem by Simon Armitage, at first appears to be about a dilapidated church organ (a harmonium) which the poet is going to rescue from the scrap heap. A deeper look at the end of the poem reveals that it is actually about the poet's relationship with his father, which is perhaps mirrored in the way the organ has been treated.
1. Can you compare any descriptions of the organ in stanza two with descriptions of the father in the final stanza?
2. What positive imagery is used to describe the organ?
3. What is the relationship between father and son like?
4. There is a lot of alliteration, assonance and onomatopoeia in the poem. What effect do these sounds create? How does this link to the title of the poem?
5. What could the shape of the poem on the page (and the structure) represent?
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