Sometimes Gladness Bruce Dawe Analysis

Texts may show us that the world of physical journeys involves unexpected detours. To what extent do the texts you have studied support this idea?

The world of physical journeys, is the movement from one place to another, where the traveller undergoes a process of change and development, where they become endowed with experiences and where there are goals that are achieved 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,