1. Dehumanising aspect of war The anti-war poem ‘Homecoming’ delineates the dehumanising aspect of wars upon the human race as a whole. With the usage of visual imagery throughout the poem‚ Dawe accomplishes in writing poetry that has an extensive universal appeal underlining the savage but real nature of war. “The noble jets are whining like hounds” produces a simile which accentuates the explicit baleful components of war. The quote produced despises dogs as sympathetic feelers of human emotion
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to resist it. However‚ we need change and we must accept it‚ for without change we cannot grow. This confrontation of change‚ resistance and final acceptance of change can be seen in the texts‚ " Drifters"‚ " And a good Friday was held by all" by Bruce Dawe and 10 Things I hate about you" by Gil Junger. All three of these texts examine the process of change and the attitudes towards change. These texts all share simular audiences of ambitious individuals striving for a better future. "Drifters" and
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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‚
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During the sixties‚ in the poem Homecoming‚ Bruce Dawe expressed a rather solemn‚ empty and somehow tranquil view of the impact the Vietnam War had on society. He writes in such a way that those who could not fathom or recognise the devastation it brought may now have the chance to comprehend it. The entire poem is a single sentence and the overall structure is unusual‚ with no rhyme‚ rhythm or pattern. This means the readers can read it as their own thoughts‚ enabling anyone who underestimated
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‘Drifters’ by Bruce Dawe Donald Bruce Dawe was born in 1930 in Geelong‚ Victoria‚ Melbourne‚ he is one of the most successful and prolific contemporary poets of Australia. He struggled with his studies‚ leaving school when he was sixteen‚ working as a gardener and postman. In 1954 he entered the University of Melbourne. He grew up in a household where his father‚ a farm labourer‚ was often unemployed and absent from home. The poem ‘Drifters’ by Bruce Dawe should be selected for the prestigious honour
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Gladness x 3 Poems + Additional Texts - Road to Paradise + The Gruen Transfer MUST DO 3 POEMS!! ONLY DO 2ND ADDITONAL TEXT IF YOU HAVE TIME!!! Introduction • Answer the question • State poems I am using Dialogue can be defined as an attempt by the writers to mimic spoken language‚ by using written language features to represent verbal language features. Dialogue can be direct‚ which is verbal‚ or indirect‚ which is shown through thoughts‚ non spoken‚ in novels or poems. Poem 1- Outline
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however it is ultimately the positives that triumphs. Both Bruce Dawe’s poems ’Husband and Wife’ and ’Drifters’ and Hannie Rayson’s Australian play Life After George explore and confirm this notion. Although Dawe’s poems were written in the context of the 50’s and 60’s and Rayson’s play was written in 2000‚ both works share similarities in their positive outlook on life but however have differences in their values of society. Bruce Dawe’s poem ’Drifters’ provides a positive outlook on life despite
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‘Coming Home’ by Marjorie Waters is a personal essay which describes the author’s feelings upon returning home after a long time and how she recovers from her deep grief caused by losing a loved one to death. The author narrates how she walks around the house‚ pulling back the curtains‚ dusting the dirt off‚ making tea etc.‚ doing chores that make her feel at home again. Simultaneously‚ she is opening the doors of her soul to freshen it with the feeling of ‘coming back to home’‚ to finally realise
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Coming Home The Renaissance period was defined by the plethora of work that paid homage to antiquity‚ or the classics. These Renaissance writers‚ artists‚ and thinkers recognized the virtues‚ themes‚ and ideas of the classics and they were able to harness those virtues‚ themes‚ and ideas in order to influence their society. Today‚ the same thing is exhibited in many contemporary works. There is evidence of the importance of classical ideas in various modern works of today‚ ranging from but not limited
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say that there’s no place like home‚ and I would say nothing much comes close. People here‚ there and everywhere dream of a place‚ abroad or locally to go to. But for people like me who grew up at the province and are now studying in a different place‚ we reminisce the times we were with the people who we grew up with. Yes‚ the place I would like to visit is my hometown of GeneralSantosCity. The place that I will forever cherish in my memories In the days coming before the semestral break‚ a friend
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