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 Honour killing poem 

context:

 *  Honour Killing is written by Imtiaz Dharker; She was born in Pakistan but she grew up in Glasgow. Also she went to the university of Glasgow but at this time she now lives in London with her husband and daughter. 
 *  The poem is about, the freedom of one to express themselves and live the life in the way they want to.The poem is about a woman standing up for her beliefs and her own choices. 

'' It was written in 2001. ''

Language/ Structure:

 *  Honour killing is a free verse poem(which is basically a poem which doesn't go by the rules of literature, so there no fixed forms or a rhyming pattern);She also used a varied and interesting vocabulary and poetic devices. 


 *  Honour killing has 1 stanza and 13 lines with a variety of different language usage and punctuation. 

Key themes:

 *  Freedom of life like ,how everyone should have their own choices in what they do with their life. 
 *  women empowerment. 


 *  standing up to the right to be expressive the way you want. 

Intention:

 *  I think the writers intention ,was to show that everyone should want freedom and should fight for what they believe in; and make the choices they want and to represented they everyone would like to be, without having to follow a code and being restricted.