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    consist of challenges but may lead to a vast range of positive experiences to benefit the traveller. The two poems‚ ‘Migrants’ and ‘Drifters by Bruce Dawe and related text Journey to freedom by Hai-Van Nguyen are all successful texts which cleverly conveys the travellers journey’s resulting in a positive experience. The first poem is Migrants by Bruce Dawe‚ which depicts a group of helpless migrants who are struggling to integrate into their new country. The idea of pjs being a positive experience

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    Weapons Training Bruce Dawe ‘Weapons Training’ was written by Bruce Dawe. Who became one of Australia’s most well known poets in the 1960’s. In 1959 he joined the RAAF‚ Royal Australian Air Force‚ and left to become a teacher in 1968. As his occupation in the RAAF‚ Bruce served as an air force officer‚ a person of high rankings. And from his years fighting in the Vietnam War‚ and serving our country‚ Dawe – along with many others‚ wrote a substantial amount of protest‚ or anti-war poems. Many

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    held by all" by Bruce Dawe and 10 Things I hate about you" by Gil Junger. All three of these texts examine the process of change and the attitudes towards change. These texts all share simular audiences of ambitious individuals striving for a better future. "Drifters" and " A Good Friday was held by all" both use the techniques of imagery‚ Diction‚ Metaphors‚ Juxtaposition‚ Repititition‚ Alliteration and Biblical Allusion to represent the concept change. Gil Junger uses film techniques such as sound

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    Bruce Dawe Poem Analysis

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    ‘Gladiator’ – Representations of a Hero Weighting: 25% Language modes: Viewing/ Representing/ Writing Outcomes to be assessed: 1‚3‚5‚7‚12 P1: A student demonstrates understanding of the relationships between composer‚ responder‚ text and context. P5: A student describes the ways different technologies and media of production affect the language and structure of particular texts. P7: A student selects appropriate language forms and features‚ and structures to explore and express

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    culminating in an overall transformation physically‚ intellectually and emotionally. Within theses changes they are caused by unexpected detours or obstacles‚ new challenges or hindrances. The poems from the collection called “Sometimes Gladness” by Bruce Dawe portrays this like: “For The Duration” coveys this through the tedious attempts of men trying to escape jail‚

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    ‘Drifters’ by Bruce Dawe Donald Bruce Dawe was born in 1930 in Geelong‚ Victoria‚ Melbourne‚ he is one of the most successful and prolific contemporary poets of Australia. He struggled with his studies‚ leaving school when he was sixteen‚ working as a gardener and postman. In 1954 he entered the University of Melbourne. He grew up in a household where his father‚ a farm labourer‚ was often unemployed and absent from home. The poem ‘Drifters’ by Bruce Dawe should be selected for the prestigious honour

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    Introduction • Answer the question • State poems I am using Dialogue can be defined as an attempt by the writers to mimic spoken language‚ by using written language features to represent verbal language features. Dialogue can be direct‚ which is verbal‚ or indirect‚ which is shown through thoughts‚ non spoken‚ in novels or poems. Poem 1- Outline & LFs in ‘Up the Wall’ Bruce Dawe’s poems‚ from Sometimes Gladness‚ are a commentary of Australian life‚ from 1954 to 1978. • Dawe’s ‘Up the wall’‚ from

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    positives however it is ultimately the positives that triumphs. Both Bruce Dawe’s poems ’Husband and Wife’ and ’Drifters’ and Hannie Rayson’s Australian play Life After George explore and confirm this notion. Although Dawe’s poems were written in the context of the 50’s and 60’s and Rayson’s play was written in 2000‚ both works share similarities in their positive outlook on life but however have differences in their values of society. Bruce Dawe’s poem ’Drifters’ provides a positive outlook on life despite

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    The poem "Homecoming" originates from Bruce Dawe. Its journey depicts the aspects of war and its devastations upon human individuals. Using mainly the Vietnam War as a demonstration for its destructions. Within this poem Bruce Dawe dramatizes the homecoming of Australian veterans’ bodies from Vietnam. This is clearly an anti-war poem‚ reproducing the sentiments of those who opposed the time when this war occurred. The poem starts of in what seems to be a monotone. With many simple verbs such

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    The poem Homecoming by Bruce Dawe describes the significance of the strong negative impact the Vietnam War has caused. He portrays the emotions and effects surrounding the homecoming of soldiers who have perished in the war. The main concept extracted from the poem is a moral outrage at the hopeless and senseless aspects of war. The author explores the fact that the soldiers who return from the Vietnam War were not respected or acknowledged in any way and that they’re lives were wasted. The poet

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