Bruce Dawe Essay
Essay – Bruce Dawe
What is Bruce Dawe saying in ‘Breakthrough’ and ‘Televistas’ about the impact of the media on modern society?
In your discussion show how the poem uses persuasive and poetic techniques to convey the viewpoint.
There are many different ways for poets to get a message across to an audience about the impact of the media on modern society.
The two poems that are closely being looked at are ‘Breakthrough’ and ‘Televistas’, both poems are by Bruce Dawe.
Dawe brings out the same concept in both poems, being his dislike for the media; like television and advertising. He also manages to bring out the worst in television by using a range of different poetic techniques like rhyme, irony, metaphors and sarcasm.
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Dawe uses it to degrade and belittle people. For example, in Breakthrough the line “the frail heart crumples like a paper cup” refers to a child's heart being degraded to the crumpling of paper. The use of the paper cup makes a heart worthless even though it is something that is essential to life. But however, this could also be viewed as a simile.
“Smiling at The Many Faces Of Dick Emery – and Fate”. Similarly in ‘Televistas’, irony is also commonly used. In this case, it is used to give emphases to a double meaning, as in fate in a relationship, and ‘fate’ as in a television program, or “They bravely faced the Mid Week Movie: (NRC) The Mummy’s Hand. This line refers to the movie as being terrible and not knowing if it will be bearable to watch. In “Breakthrough”, “earth’s loss is heaven’s gain” refers to the innocent child ascending into heaven. This emphasizes that earth has experienced a great loss but it doesn’t recognize the loss, it only recognizes the importance of advertising and making money.
“ Downysoft is draped around the stars”. Dawe is demonstrating how a beautiful atmosphere is being draped in a typical toilet paper, by appropriating it with the heavens, and placing it in the unlikely context, where the stars are natural and toilet paper is man made and
What is Bruce Dawe saying in ‘Breakthrough’ and ‘Televistas’ about the impact of the media on modern society?
In your discussion show how the poem uses persuasive and poetic techniques to convey the viewpoint.
There are many different ways for poets to get a message across to an audience about the impact of the media on modern society.
The two poems that are closely being looked at are ‘Breakthrough’ and ‘Televistas’, both poems are by Bruce Dawe.
Dawe brings out the same concept in both poems, being his dislike for the media; like television and advertising. He also manages to bring out the worst in television by using a range of different poetic techniques like rhyme, irony, metaphors and sarcasm.
He employ’s …show more content…
Dawe uses it to degrade and belittle people. For example, in Breakthrough the line “the frail heart crumples like a paper cup” refers to a child's heart being degraded to the crumpling of paper. The use of the paper cup makes a heart worthless even though it is something that is essential to life. But however, this could also be viewed as a simile.
“Smiling at The Many Faces Of Dick Emery – and Fate”. Similarly in ‘Televistas’, irony is also commonly used. In this case, it is used to give emphases to a double meaning, as in fate in a relationship, and ‘fate’ as in a television program, or “They bravely faced the Mid Week Movie: (NRC) The Mummy’s Hand. This line refers to the movie as being terrible and not knowing if it will be bearable to watch. In “Breakthrough”, “earth’s loss is heaven’s gain” refers to the innocent child ascending into heaven. This emphasizes that earth has experienced a great loss but it doesn’t recognize the loss, it only recognizes the importance of advertising and making money.
“ Downysoft is draped around the stars”. Dawe is demonstrating how a beautiful atmosphere is being draped in a typical toilet paper, by appropriating it with the heavens, and placing it in the unlikely context, where the stars are natural and toilet paper is man made and