This was the start of a poem I studied at GCSE in the UK. A poem by Carol Ann Duffy which recently came under some scrutiny through it's glorification of knife crime. It has subsequently been taken off the school curriculum and will no longer be used to examine students. I find this particularly amusing because the source of this controversy was through an inspector to my old school. I remember studying that poem, and I remember being intrigued by the mindset of the protagonist - but I wasn't ever drawn to kill. I thought the poem was important as it allowed student to contextualize any angst and isolation they may have felt at that particular time of their lives [at 15] allowing them to develop not only a better appreciation of poetry but also allowing them to question what is acceptable in society.
Do you think poetry or other texts which glorify killing should be censored like this... for the protection of society - given that this would exclude much of Shakespeare's works.
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OMG DONT DO IT 
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