In the poem ‘South Country’ Kenneth Slessor adopts a cynical view of the Australian landscape through a series of imagery‚ with a judgemental tone. He takes the reader on a journey from the bushy bushland to the harsh desert. In stanza 1‚ he suggests their departure from the city with “after the whey faced anonymity”‚ metaphorically referring to the idea of a crowded city of white people‚ undiluted and without any other races and colours mixed into the scene‚ perhaps signifying his sympathy towards
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poetry. In this case‚ Kenneth Slessor’s poetry will be analysed to show his effectiveness. William Street is a poem which discusses about the beauty and ugliness of the red light district. Country Towns‚ in contrast‚ romanticizes the country and its sleepy atmosphere. In addition‚ Night-Ride is also sleepy in tone and tells about a train trip Slessor ttok. Finally‚ Beach Burial will be discussed about its anti-war themes. William Street is a very colourful poem by Slessor. With the use of imagery
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Five Bells Time that is moved by little fidget wheels Is not my time‚ the flood that does not flow. Between the double and the single bell Of a ship’s hour‚ between a round of bells From the dark warship riding there below‚ I have lived many lives‚ and this one life Of Joe‚ long dead‚ who lives between five bells. Deep and dissolving verticals of light Ferry the falls of moonshine down. Five bells Coldly rung out in a machine’s voice. Night and water Pour to one rip of darkness‚ the Harbour floats
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Television Interview with Kenneth Slessor 8:00a.m‚ Friday morning on ‘Groovy Artist in the Big West’ with James Baxter. Theme tune music plays. Singular light appears on host‚ James Baxter‚ standing centre stage‚ camera zooms in mid-shot of Baxter. Music fades. JB: Good morning Australia and greetings to Groovy Artists in the Big West. Today we are honoured to welcome a very special guest on the show. He is arguably the most beloved Australian poet; his works are renowned for their vivid
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DISCUSS SLESSORS USE OF TIME AND OUT OF TIME IN HIS POETRY Slessor’s compact oeuvre details his struggle with time. However‚ his longing to be out of time merely highlights the supremacy of time over human life and nature. Slessor utilises familiar elements in an attempt to gain a better understanding of what he cannot comprehend. Moments captured out of time are short-lived illusions‚ though despite their brevity Slessor believes they are beautiful. In Out of Time‚ the first two stanzas in
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April 2009 Analysis of “Home Burial” Many of Robert Frost’s poems and short stories are a reflection of his personal life and events. Frost’s short story “Home Burial” emulates his experience living on a farm and the death of two of his sons. Frost gives an intimate view into the life and mind of a married couples’ struggle with grief and the strain it causes to their marriage. The characters Frost describes are synonymous‚ physically and emotionally‚ to his own life events. “Home Burial” is a look
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Poets Wilfred Owen and Kenneth Slessor both explore war conflict‚ while also exploring the dehumanisation of soldiers and emphasising that no where it safe during the war. Owen portrays the men to be “cringe[d] in holes” with “forgotten dreams” dis-empowering the soldiers and making them less of men or perhaps applying sympathy on them. Additionally‚ Owen similarly utilises inclusive language like‚ “we turn back on our dying” to further show and imply empathy to the soldiers for the suffering they
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Post-Debate I believe that Antigone is right to bury her brother Polyneices and that Creon is wrong to deny the burial of Polyneices. In the play‚ “The Burial at Thebes‚” there is a fight between the two main characters Creon‚ who is the king of Thebes and Antigone‚ who is Creon’s nephew. Antigone and Creon throughout the play‚ fight for the burial rights of Polyneices‚ who is Antigone’s brother. In the introduction of the play‚ it states‚ “The sons agreed to alternate the rule of Thebes‚ but Eteocles
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COMMISSION ON HIGHER EDUCATION Don Honorio Ventura Technological State University Bacolor‚ Pampanga COLLEGE OF EDUCATION School As Agent of Change: Medieval Oriental Submitted by: Fabian‚ Kenneth Y. Estrella‚ Daren D. BSEd I – E Submitted to: Mrs. Riza B. Lintag Agents of Social Change All children in schools need the skills to function as proactive citizens in society. Consultation‚ by students‚ teachers‚ parents‚ all the stake holders‚ on needs and how to
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This paper will analyse the first movement of The Wasteland titled‚ “The Burial of the Dead” by employing Eliot’s “theory of impersonality” and certain principles of New Criticism. It seeks to examine how Eliot subverts his personality and emerges as a catalyst in the Burial of the Death by using various element such as as paradox‚ unity of structure and contrastive imagery to ensure the organic unity of the poem. To Eliot‚ a poem or a work of art is thing in itself . Following The New Critics tradition
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