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    One thing that Robert Gray has mastered is leaving no detail big or small out. Flames and Dangling Wires is a poem that effectively conveys the effects of the human’s materialistic demands on the world. Robert Gray shows what life will inevitably be if our actions and attitudes do not change through the somewhat disturbing images that he renders The idea of a fog like shield is used to show that the increase production of waste is hiding us from the true reality of our actions. The smoke is seen

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    How does Robert gray enable the reader to shape the speakers discovery and it’s concequences in “Flames and Dangling wire”?. The impact of a discovery can be far reaching and transformative for an individual and a broader society. As conveyed in Robert Gray’s poem‚ “Flames and Dangling Wire”‚ the audience is invited to discover both the grim experiences at a rubbish dump and in turn uncover the frightful vision of carelessness and environmental degradation in our world. From stanza one‚ we as an

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    have studied explored the challenges and obstacles faced by characters who change? In my supplementary text “Flames and Dangling Wire” there are no characters but the society shows change. Composers have explored the challenges and obstacles faced by characters and the society. In the film ‘The Last Samurai’‚ directed by Edward Zwick and the poem ‘Flames and Dangling Wire’ by Robert Gray the composers have used techniques to make meaning‚ and have explored the challenges and obstacles faced by

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    others around us" (Robert Grey and related text) (900 words) Discoveries for individual can be provocative and confronting in many different ways. This often leads the individual to develop new perspective about themselves or others around them. In Robert Greys poems‚ this is demonstrated a numerous amount of times‚ through the use of metaphors‚ similes‚ descriptive language and many more language techniques. The Poems that this is most evident in are "Flames and Dangling Wire"‚ "Late Ferry". The

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    opinions of the world around them. Robert Gray‚ an Australian poet who is known for his effective use of visual imagery‚ clearly evokes ideas and express personal concerns of ‘Global warming’ ‘sacrafice’ His incorporation of explicit language techniques‚ such as diction further accentuates his perspective towards the world around us. FlamesDangling wires and Meatworks are a great examples of how Gray uses language devices to powerfully voice his opinions. Gray is a poet with many opinions and

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    Robert Gray is an Australian poet whose work is closely linked with nature. He grew up in the post ww11 era‚ and lives on the north coast. The poems ‘The Meatworks’‚ and ‘Flames and Dangling Wire’‚ express how he feels about life‚ his experiences and his beliefs. His poetry has such an enduring nature because it can be understood in so many different contexts‚ and includes universal themes which remain relevant to societies past‚ present and future. In ‘The meatworks’ Gray presents a vivid and

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    Robert Gray is a weaver of images‚ at the loom of the mind. He creates sensual images that elicit and evoke responses from the responder. His poems ’Meatworks’ and ’Flames and Dangling Wire’‚ both social commentaries‚ exemplify techniques he calls upon in order to reproduce the personas feelings‚ emotions and thoughts through powerful images. Assonance and alliteration are employed by Gray to increase the memorability of an image‚ leaving it lingering in the responders mind. He uses these techniques

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    Robert Gray most definitely provokes thought and stirs emotion through an effective use of language and techniques used in his poems. One of his major messages are those connected with mans effect on the environment and our constant need to create something new and yet‚ forget about what we already have and where that ends up. Also the sense of our society almost becoming‚ un-Australian and very international. In his poem‚ Flames and Dangling Wire‚ the first line immediately sets the scene allowing

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    Society’s focus on materialism and consumerism has lead to the shift in our value system‚ which in result has lead to the degradation and neglect of the environment. In his poems‚ Robert gray forces us to consider and reflect upon our involvement on the issues presented- being our priority of material and superficial value which in result has implicated on the natural world‚ provoking its decline and also the degradation of Australian society itself. Furthermore‚ we have lost the values that make

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    Good Morning fellow students and teachers. Journey is a vital aspect in our lives. Everyone in here will encounter a type of journey whether it’s physical‚ imaginative or inner‚ They happen to everyone‚ whether we want it or not. Life itself is a journey with many challenges to overcome‚ with many experiences to learn from and with many opportunities to explore. Journeys allow us to grow‚ to become wiser‚ and to look at life from a different perspective. As you can see in the stimulus Image‚ many

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