Return to Cardiff is about about Abse returning to Cardiff and how it is changed from when he left. the poems includes the the themes Journey, memory and change. In Return to Cardiff Abse looks back upon his life, growing up in Cardiff but he almost mocks his immaturity and his anticipation of what to expect. There are 7 stanza's each with four lines in theme. The rhyme scheme of the poem is ABCA x7, which shows a sense that the the forth line always returns ti the same rhyme has the first line.
the first stanza talks about " first everything" which is not a great time and quite a time for adolescents ( a young person in the process of developing from a child into an adult). The second stanza talks about "not as in... gothic dream" which shows that this is not what Abse remembers of Cardiff when he was a boy. The third stanza of the poem talks about " unfocused voices" which could suggest either the people of Cardiff, or memories from the past that are unfocused . the forth stanza in the poem talks about the people in Cardiff are " strangers, alien and bleak". This shows that Abse is disappointed that the people in Cardiff have changed and are not what they are used to. The fifth stanza is just one big extended simile about the "city of strangers". The sixth stanza talks about Abses memories which is Only real this smell of rip, damp earth when the some comes out. This is Abses memories of everyday smell.
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