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    English Speech Bruce Dawe Life is an ongoing cycle‚ forever trapped within the consumerism‚ legalism‚ and ruthlessness of modern society. Only through our fleeting innocence‚ purity and the appreciation of our natural world are we able to go beyond society’s harsh expectations and regulations that only end in the destruction of a person’s spirit. In Enter without so much as knocking Bruce Dawe comments on the materialistic character of Australian society in the 1950’s. During this period of his

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    within texts‚ or between text and the responder. Bruce Dawe uses dialogue‚ allowing us to share the different points of view from his characters; in the texts Pleasant Sunday Afternoon and Weapons Training we are able experience different perspectives through this dialogue. In a similar fashion‚ the mocumentary style comedy series Angry Boys by Chris Lilley shows us a variety of different views of the world. *** In the poem Weapons Training‚ Bruce Dawe expresses his particular view about military

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    Bruce Dawe Poetry- Many of Bruce Dawe’s poems have a heavy message and a bleak meaning relating to society’s weaknesses and downfalls. “Enter without so much as knocking” is a poem that is critical of consumerism in the modern world. The poem itself is a story of one man’s life‚ from birth till death and is a satirical look at modern society and its materialism. The poem begins with the Latin line “Memento‚ homo‚ qui‚ pulvis es‚ et in pulverem reverteris.” This means in English “Remember you are

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    Bruce Dawe Journeys

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    destination is the most important thing and never take into consideration what we learn on the way. Bruce Dawe expresses this idea of change in his poems ‘migrants’ and ‘enter without so much as knocking’. Dawe showcases both a positive and negative aspect of change by using poetic techniques such as personification‚ alliteration‚ metaphor and ellipsis. Journeys can be physical‚ emotional and inner. Bruce Dawe’s poem‚ migrants‚ portrays a long quest from the perspective of a migrant group. This group

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    Bruce Dawe Essay Dialogue in text‚ adds to our understanding about people‚ social issues and life. Poems that use dialogue include ‘Weapons Training’‚ ‘Pleasant Sunday Afternoon’ and ‘Enter without so much of knocking’‚ written by Bruce Dawe. The themes these poems express include strive for happiness and fulfilment and make the most of life. Another text that also displays these themes is ‘Friday’ directed by F. Gary Grey. This essay will explore the study of dialogue and how it gives a better

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    Bruce Dawe homecoming

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    POETRY CAN OFFER US COMPELLING INSIGHTS INTO PERSONAL EXPERIENCES AND PUBLIC ISSUES. HOW HAS DAWE EXPLORED THESE SEPARATE THESE DIFFERENT REALMS. Bruce Dawe is a famous and iconic Australian poet; his poems feature his numerous personal experiences and opinions about the futility and brutality of war. Bruce Dawe oft questions the need and validity of war; he talks about the dehumanization and utter brutality the young Australian men face. The poem "Homecoming" raises the public issue of military

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    Bruce Dawe explores the complexities of modern life in Homo Surburbiensis and Enter Without So Much as Knocking. Dawe conveys the ideas through references to everyday life and what the protagonists experience throughout their lives. The author’s perspective on life is contradictory in the pair of poems and this is shown through the use of imagery‚ description of the characters and the tone of his language. In both poems‚ the main characters are not seen as individuals but are used as metaphors to

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    Migrants by Bruce Dawe

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    By Nahla Issa Essay-Why Should Dawe’s poem ‘Migrants’ be included for the text for Journeys. The poem ‘Migrants by ‘Bruce Dawe ’should be included for the core text for journeying as it portrays journeying through the perceptions and experiences of a migrant group. This poem depicts feelings of ignorance and disrespectfulness encountered by the migrant group as they are treated with a lack of concern by people living in Australia. The poem migrants explore a physical journey of a migrant group

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    TECHNIQUES USED IN BRUCE DAWES POEMS Alliteration: Repeated consonant sounds at the beginning of words placed near each other. 
 Onomatopoeia: Words that sound like their meanings. Repetition: The purposeful re-use of words and phrases for an effect. Rhyme: Words that have different beginning sounds but whose endings sound alike‚ including the final vowel sound and everything following it‚ are said to rhyme. Analogy: A comparison‚ usually something unfamiliar with something familiar

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    realm of the academic to the scope of an everyman‚ and for good reason‚ one can say‚ if one considers its reputation for being complex and‚ to put it bluntly‚ boring. Of course‚ some poets‚ for example Bruce Dawe‚ deliberately write using the language of the general public‚ as to dispel what Dawe himself calls “’the Byronic Wildean archetype’‚ the image of the poet as an extraordinary and alienated person”1. Poetry often expresses the problems and views of suppressed or underprivileged groups‚ and

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