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The poem’s central movement

The poem’s central movement

Halligan’s speaker watches a cockroach move from confident, purposeful progress towards circling, grooming, stopping and apparent uncertainty. The poem therefore develops a miniature narrative in which a straight path gives way to restlessness and lost direction.

2.1.7 The Cockroach by Kevin Halligan Lesson

  1. IGCSE
  2. /English Literature
  3. /2.1.7 The Cockroach by Kevin Halligan

Step-by-step lessons on CIE IGCSE English Literature 2.1.7 The Cockroach by Kevin Halligan. Each one builds up to exam-style questions. Start with the poetry and unseen-text skills before moving on to the longer, comparison-heavy essay questions on the set prose and drama texts.

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