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    Kenneth Slessor

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    Kenneth Slessor (1901-1971) is famous for his poetry‚ and in such‚ has become one of Australia’s leading poets. He is known notably for the engagement with modernist influences into Australian poetry and his dismissive attitude towards bush balladists‚ including the likes of Banjo Patterson. His use of a modernist influence is an attempt to relate life as it is ‘really’ experienced and to describe the environment as the mind perceives it to be‚ as opposed to the preexisting ideas of bushland Australia

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    Kenneth Slessor

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    1: Beach burial Kenneth Slessor wrote the poem Beach Burial whilst he completed his occupation as the official Australian Correspondent in the Middle East. Due to Slessors observations of the war at close quarters he soon learnt about the horrific horrors of war. During Slessor’s stay in El Alamein a small village found on the Egypt Mediterranean coast he wrote the poem to describe the realities of war and what realistically happens after heroes are killed. Kenneth Slessor has used imagery and

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    Kenneth Slessor Interview

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    Writing Australia’s leading poetry: An interview with Kenneth Slessor Interviewer: Today we are hearing from the renowned poet Kenneth Slessor and his journey that has gotten him to where he is today. This man has written some of Australia’s finest poems and literature‚ please welcome him to join us in today’s discussion to gain a deeper knowledge and understanding of his poetry. Morning Mr. Slessor how are you today? Kenneth Slessor: Thank you for that wonderful introduction I can’t thank

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    Kenneth Slessor Speech: Critical studies of Texts ”The gulls go down the body dies and rots‚ and time flows past them like the hundred yachts.” Kenneth Slessor‚ a renowned poet and journalist was born on the 27th of March 1901 in Orange‚ New South Wales. Throughout his eventful life‚ Slessor was able to compose an array of poems through which he was able to convey his experiences through life. But why exactly are his poems still considered so relevant and significant in this era? Firstly‚ Slessor’s

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    In the poem ‘South CountryKenneth 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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    Beach Burial – Kenneth Slessor 1944 Kenneth Slessor‚ author of Beach Burial‚ was the Australian Official Correspondent in El Alamein‚ the Middle East during WWII. The author drew from his own experiences to write Beach Burial‚ a poem about the aftermath of a battle during WWII. It is a realistic and somber tribute to soldiers of all nations that died in the war. It illustrates how they are all united by one common enemy; death. It breaks the conventional war poem structure‚ as it is not a celebration

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    Street‚ by Kenneth Slessor English Essay In the poem‚ ’William Street’ Kenneth Slessor displays a variety of ideas associated with the city in general‚ but narrows his poem down to direct at William Street. In this essay I will be further exploring the ideas such as the beauty of the street‚ the urban or city landscape is as beautiful as the country and the idea of change. Optimists are rare when it comes to the city structure and the rubbish that is present all throughout. Slessor‚ through his

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    Kenneth Slessor wrote the poem Beach Burial whilst he completed his occupation as the official Australian Correspondent in the Middle East. Due to Slessor ’s observations of the war at close quarters he soon learnt about the horrific horrors of war. During Slessor ’s stay in El Alamein which is a small village found on the Egypt Mediterranean coast he wrote the poem to describe the realities of war and what realistically happens after heroes are killed. Kenneth Slessor has used imagery and various

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    Beach Burial- Kenneth Slessor The 1944 poem “Beach Burial”‚ was written about Kenneth Slessors experience during World War II in El Alamein‚ Egypt. Kenneth Slessor was an Australian poet and journalist‚ who was the correspondent reporting from North Africa. Unlike other poems written about war‚ “Beach burial” is neither nationalistic nor patriotically written and does not commemorate heroes‚ as it tells of enemies uniting in death. The poem is a tribute to the masses of soldiers who died in the

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    AWARENESS OF NATIONAL IDENTITY ORAL EXAMINATION BEACH BURIAL KENNETH SLESSOR Softly and Humbly to the Gulf of Arabs‚The convoys of dead sailors come; At night they sway and wander in the waters far under‚But morning rolls them in the foam. Between the sob and clubbing of the gunfire Someone‚ it seems‚ has time for this‚To pluck them from the shallows and bury them in burrows And tread the sand upon their nakedness;And each cross‚ the driven stake of tidewood‚Bears the last signature

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