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“Brooklyn Cop” authored by Scottish poet Norman McCaig, is a composition that provides a officer in Brooklyn to be an aggressive however affectionate guy. Throughout the composition McCaig uses word choice and imagery techniques to exhibit the dual sided characteristics of the policeman. We see which the way he behaves within the streets of Brooklyn contrasts with just how he is acquainted with his wife. The dual sided mother nature of the cop is displayed through the physical description that McCaig uses to convey him.
McCaig does this with the use of imagery and phrase choice. In the poem the queue ‘Built like a gorilla’ displays through the use of simile, the tough outdoor of the cop and gives someone a clear view on what his physical appearance is a lot like. The a comparison of the policeman to a gorilla is effective mainly because it shows the cop’s best heavy, physical build and strength, which means he could be probably dangerous and violent like a gorilla.
McCaig likewise shows inside the metaphor ‘with two hieroglyphs on his confront that mean trouble’ that his eyes are darker and fierce, causing the reader to believe that he is the natural way a violent person.
This is also conveyed in the line ‘Thick fleshed, steak coloured’ when the use of metaphor conveys the actual physical of the cop as ‘thick fleshed’ which usually shows that the cop is usually tough and will take a wide range of abuse, along with ‘Steak coloured’ which usually shows the color of pores and skin associating it with the color red to suggest he can red with fury and anger the natural way. This highlights on his personality and the environment he works in where it is suitable to be hard and intense in order to cope. The harmful environment when the cop functions shows how he must be a chaotic person to be able to cope during these rough areas and the persons he will face. In the line ‘He moves the sidewalk and the thin tissues over violence’ the metaphor is affective as it reveals the potential of felony acts that can take part for the streets of Brooklyn and the threat that violence could erupt any kind of time moment leading to him to be an extreme, tough person in order to cope with the trouble this individual faces to keep the pavements of Brooklyn a safe environment for others.
The utilization of alliteration in the ‘T’ the harsh appear which is similar to the area as well as the lingering assault. The cop’s victims will be shown to be cared for violently and McCaig provides this with the use of rhetorical issue and phrase choice. This shows the aggressive, chaotic nature in the cop fantastic behaviour on the job. In the last two lines of the poem ‘And who would need to be his victims, ‘ McCaig uses a rhetorical question which is effective since it shows just how savage the cop is usually when hit with violence and crime. The term ‘have’ demonstrates he will not back down while dealing with bad guys and that they are likely to be harm or violently treated when ever met with the cop, so that it is clear that no one desires to be involved with him within the streets and including the reader and their thoughts on being in the same place as a felony.
McCaig uses repetition and word decision to convey the cop’s dual sided personality from just how he treats criminals within the tough pavements as opposed to the way he treats his better half at home. This can be conveyed inside the line ‘This morning, if he said ‘See you babe to his wife, this individual hoped this, he truly hoped that. ‘ This is certainly effective because the use of tender language in “babe” conveys his smooth side as opposed to his challenging nature while on the pavements of Brooklyn, which is not predicted as he is a violent fierce, ferocious.
The use of replication in ‘he hoped this, he truly hoped it’ Is effective mainly because it shows the strong hope to return house safe as well as the genuine want to see his better half after an unpredictable day at work. This shows that he might seem fearless but in the interior he includes a violent yet caring characteristics. In conclusion ‘Brooklyn Cop’ simply by Norman McCaig focuses on the dual on the sides nature of your aggressive police officer who ideal for the feel streets of Brooklyn. McCaig conveys the cop since savage and violent gentleman while in the run-down environment of ‘Brooklyn’ in contrast to his much softer side in which he shows like and passion towards his wife in the home.
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