i wanna be yours 1983

John Cooper Clarke

• Performance poet & Musician 
• From Manchester 
• Punk poet, famous in 70s

• unconventional metaphors /love symbols throughout the poem "let me be your vaccum cleaner" Household/everday object- he wants to be with her every day?
• Simile "deep as the deep atlantic ocean" - The emtional depth he has for this woman is unfathomable.
• Alliteration "with deep devotion\ deep as the deep" -empahsises the depth of his love.
• Euphemism  in the title of the poem the word 'wanna' is an informal shortening which links the the element of him being only focused on her.

• Repetition the repetition of the word "deep" towards the end of the poem shows he is getting carried away with his emotions and all he can think about are his deep emotions.
• Regular Rhyme Scheme the poem has a regular rhyme scheme until stanza 3 when its lost with the line "deep deep deep deep de deep deep" 
• Enjambment The lack of punctuation in the poem makes it lyrical and flow like a song with his emotions running into one another.

• Devoted "i don't wanna be hers\ i wanna be yours" the ending lines leave the assurance that he's not nearly as interested in the other lady as the intended reader.
• Desperate "take me with you anywhere\ i don't care" this line shows that he only cares about being around her he doesnt care about anything else.
• Comic "let me be your dreamboat" The word dreamboat has slightly humourous and silly connotations, which lightens the mood of the poem from being weighty to a softer tone.

• Emotional Depth this is especially noticiable in stanza 3 when the rhyme scheme is lost and the writer writes the word "deep" many times as it's his all-consuming love taking over him.
• Household/Everday Objects the use of unusual love symbols as metaphors throughout the poem suggests that everything around makes him want to be with her and it's with him everday.

The poem is an attempt to reduce Cooper Clarke's being to the ranks of a mere comodity just to be around her