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Adelaide By Paul Kelsey Analysis
In the poem Adelaide, Paul Kelly expresses bad memories he has overcome in Adelaide where he was brought up. In the first line of the first stanza, Paul states "The wisteria on the back verandah is still blooming" this sets the mood of the poem to the reader through imagery, conveying that Adelaide has not changed and either has the wisteria, which still continues to bloom reminding Paul of his childhood. Pauls father died when he was young "Dad's hands used to shake but I never knew he was dying" from Parkinson's disease, this makes Paul feel sad and also angry towards himself for not realising at the time what was occurring. His shock of loss is conveyed through the repeated passage of "All the king's horses all the king's men, Cannot bring
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