Bruce Dawe, Life Cycle Speech.
English Speech
[Reading of Life Cycle]
That poem, written by Bruce Dawe, conveys the idea that AFL is 'the way of life' and is as important of religion to Victorian people.
Good morning/afternoon to my fellow Class mates and Mrs Daniels. As you know, my name is Sophie and I strongly believe that the poem “Life Cycle” is a poem that should be included as a representation of the Australian experience. Within this poem Dawe refers to Australian history and also a variety of influences that makes this country what it is today. Frequent references to these influences creates the clear image of Australia and gives the reader an idea of what Australia is like and what a majority of the peoples beliefs are.
In 'Life cycle' Dawe conveys the idea of AFL being the way of life to Victorian people by the use of techniques such as, religious allusions, alliterations, metaphors, similes, colloquial language and dialogue. He uses these to reflect the love of AFL to other major influences such as marriage, heaven, hell, and Greek mythology.
Life cycle talks about growing up in a family of football barrackers and how being brought up in a family of football supporters encourages and enforces the passion of football. That from the moment the child is born and through out their life, until death these people love football because of their up bringing. It talks about how these families influence their children so much that the football almost becomes religion, where the football grounds are their church.
Throughout the poem ‘life-cycle’, Dawe emphasizes and exaggerates that we are what we are taught. That what we learn from our families defines and directs our way of life , personality, personal interests and hobbies.
Dawe uses themes such as sacred marriage and religion; he uses this theme to show how important football is to the people of Victoria. Football goes first and replaces everything, everything revolves around it, he uses techniques such as religious allusions,
[Reading of Life Cycle]
That poem, written by Bruce Dawe, conveys the idea that AFL is 'the way of life' and is as important of religion to Victorian people.
Good morning/afternoon to my fellow Class mates and Mrs Daniels. As you know, my name is Sophie and I strongly believe that the poem “Life Cycle” is a poem that should be included as a representation of the Australian experience. Within this poem Dawe refers to Australian history and also a variety of influences that makes this country what it is today. Frequent references to these influences creates the clear image of Australia and gives the reader an idea of what Australia is like and what a majority of the peoples beliefs are.
In 'Life cycle' Dawe conveys the idea of AFL being the way of life to Victorian people by the use of techniques such as, religious allusions, alliterations, metaphors, similes, colloquial language and dialogue. He uses these to reflect the love of AFL to other major influences such as marriage, heaven, hell, and Greek mythology.
Life cycle talks about growing up in a family of football barrackers and how being brought up in a family of football supporters encourages and enforces the passion of football. That from the moment the child is born and through out their life, until death these people love football because of their up bringing. It talks about how these families influence their children so much that the football almost becomes religion, where the football grounds are their church.
Throughout the poem ‘life-cycle’, Dawe emphasizes and exaggerates that we are what we are taught. That what we learn from our families defines and directs our way of life , personality, personal interests and hobbies.
Dawe uses themes such as sacred marriage and religion; he uses this theme to show how important football is to the people of Victoria. Football goes first and replaces everything, everything revolves around it, he uses techniques such as religious allusions,