How Simon Armitage writes about hope in 'We'll Sing' and 'Only Human'
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I can respond to how Armitage writes about hope in ‘We’ll Sing’ and ‘Only Human’.
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Simon Armitage is the current UK Poet Laureate.
Armitage was commissioned to write ‘We’ll Sing’ by the Huddersfield Choral society.
Armitage suggests that there are elements of resistance, defiance, hope and optimism about ‘We’ll Sing’.
Armitage was commissioned to write ‘Only Human’ for a service in remembrance of lives lost during Covid-19.
Armitage suggests that ‘Only Human’ was trying to communicate ideas of hope and positivity.
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