which often leads people to obsessively consume vast amount of products. The concept of Consumerism however‚ have been negatively depicted within Bruce Dawe’s ‘Americanized’‚ ‘Televistas’ and a film ‘confessions of a shopaholic’ . Bruce Dawe’s americanized satirises the predominance of consumerism on American values‚ the title itself is ironic as Dawe purposely uses American spelling to spell americanized‚ using the letter ‘z’ instead of ‘s’. The use of extended metaphor has been displayed in the
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Homecoming by Bruce Dawe exemplifies and recounts the calamities of the Vietnam War in a dehumanising‚ confronting tone. The anti-war elegy was written in 1968 as a tribute to the return of the Australian veterans who died fighting in the Vietnam War. While protesting about Australia’s participation in the War‚ the poem also demonstrates the lack of identity and deference that was attached to the soldiers. The 25 line broken verse poem presented in a single stanza‚ speaks on behalf of the disrespected
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Bruce Dawe‚ an Australian known poet‚ born 1930 is still one of the biggest selling and most highly regarded poets of Australia. His ability to write such influential poems has made an impact on a number of people‚ as each poem can be related to the ordinary living lives of Australians throughout the years. Bruce Dawe’s poems are interesting because they comment on the lives of ordinary people. This statement is agreed on. In relation to the statement‚ three key poems can be linked being Enter Without
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Homecoming by Bruce Dawe All day‚ day after day‚ they’re bringing them home‚ they’re picking them up‚ those they can find‚ and bringing them home‚ they’re bringing them in‚ piled on the hulls of Grants‚ in trucks‚ in convoys‚ they’re zipping them up in green plastic bags‚ they’re tagging them now in Saigon‚ in the mortuary coolness they’re giving them names‚ they’re rolling them out of the deep-freeze lockers – on the tarmac at Tan Son Nhut the noble jets are whining like hounds‚ they
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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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Homecoming by Bruce Dawe The Vietnam War was the “unpopular” war and was intensely criticized by the Australian people for the reasons stated in the poem‚ Homecoming‚ by Bruce Dawe. In the poem “Homecoming” by Bruce Dawe‚ Dawe identifies his personal concerns of the Vietnam War and then presents them through the use of poetic techniques. It is clear to us that Dawe’s foremost concerns are that of the number of dead‚ the lack of respect and the dehumanisation of the dead‚ and the careless attitude
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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
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Bruce Dawe’s new volume of poetry begins with a special dedication: a few lines of poetry about his sighting of four blind boys crossing the road‚ smiling‚ linked together with each one’s hands on the next one’s shoulders‚ "their thin canes waving eerily‚ like feelers‚ before them". It is a startling image. But then he delivers a double whammy. "I thought of ... all of us‚" the verse dedication continues‚ "alive to those of others‚ Faced with the headlong traffic of history‚ And bound to learn
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One of the later poets‚ Bruce Dawe saw this and reflected this in his poems‚ Life-cycle and homosuburbiences. He did this by portraying a man in homosuburbiences‚ who retreats to his garden‚ taking all his worries with him. ‘One constant in a world of variables’‚ Dawe writes. There are many reasons for a man to retreat to his ‘garden’ one of these reasons is because the world is changing to fast‚ as it did when the war took place. This is also showen in Life-cycle as Dawe writes‚ ‘They will not grow
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In what ways would you characterise Dawe as an Australian poet? Illustrate your answer in some way detail with reference to three poems. Bruce Dawe‚ a well renowned Australian poet was born in 1930 in Geelong‚ Victoria. He was an altogether indifferent pupil and left school at the age of sixteen working mostly as a labourer for the next ten years. However‚ he finished an adult matriculation course at night school and‚ in 1954‚ entered the University of Melbourne. He remained at Melbourne for only
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