How Simon Armitage writes about life in 'About his person' and 'Poem'
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I can listen and respond to Simon Armitage talking about ‘About his person’ and ‘Poem’.
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Armitage was inspired to write ‘About his person’ by reading news reports of people who were found dead.
He liked the idea that you could build a picture of someone’s character from the objects they had on them.
Armitage was inspired to write ‘Poem’ from reading different biographies and autobiographies.
He suggests that reading different biographies can give us a completely different impression of the same person.
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