Introduction: This tutorial analyses the poem "The Escape from Youth" by Tony Lintermans. Tony Lintermans is of Belgian, Irish and English heritage and was born in Dandedong, Victoria. Tony has a celebrated life as a teacher, scriptwriter and editor and has received literary recognition for his work. "The Escape from Youth" is about a boy's struggle to move on from his solitude of childhood. When the boy was younger, his father was hard with discipline, …showed first 75 words of 1076 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1076 total…this poem are actually the final products resulted in the boy spending so many years in solitude. Another technique used in this stanza would be of the alliteration of the 'n' sound in the line "no forgiveness now, nor the need" I believe the 'n' sound is appropriate as it is an easy sound to say, and this stanza is quite laid back and is not as full of pain as the other stanzas are.