Three Hundred Words

"Three Hundred Words" is a poem that showcases a number of Roy [Harper |Roy Harper's] literary techniques and characteristics.
According to Harper's spoken introduction on his 1992 Live album, Born in Captivity II, "Three Hundred Words" was written for a benefit concert for Lancashire batsman, Graeme Fowler. It not only concerns one of Harper's most oft-cited loves, cricket, it also picks up the themes of England, combining historical reminiscences with current events, using minor observations to make major statements, breaking rhymes across lines, and using clever mixed metaphors. It is, therefore, quintessentially Harper.