John Betjeman has the astounding ability of putting on a persona and making him/her real and concrete for the short period in which the reader analyzes the poem. Through careful attention to certain items he decides to describe in germane detail, the author leads one to be familiar with his character's minds and situation perfectly. He possesses the ability to construct world's for any type of person: an affluent and superficial woman in In …
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…fully appreciate what the poet is trying to convey. For example in In Westminster Abbey he makes the lady repeat her position "where England's statesmen lie," to convey not only her arrogance in thinking that she equates these important men, but also the grandness of the place that surrounds her, which makes her even more ridiculous. Through details Betjeman effectively creates worlds in which one is compelled to enter and criticize, which brings one t