Judith Wright Poetry
Judith Wright’s poetry reflects her unique vision of Australia
To what extent does this statement reflect your understanding of Judith Wright’s poetry?
Discuss this question with detailed reference to two poems from the BOS prescribed text list.
Judith wright is an Australian poet who has a distinctive way of capturing her unique vision of Australia throughout her poems. Good morning teachers and students, Judith wright is a well-known Australian poet who was born in Armiadale, Australia in May 1915. As she has grown within the land it has allowed her to create a connection which influences the way she presents the landscape that surrounds her. Wrights poems are famous for her inimitable way of capturing the relationships between mankind and the environment. Wrights poems ‘South of my days’ and ‘Platypus’ are perfect examples of how Wright captures these relationships.
One of Wrights unique visions of Australia is that it can be both full of beauty in the flora and fauna and yet to be one of tragedy, this is shown thought-out the poem ‘South of my Days’. Through her experiences within the land Wright has been able to see the beauty such as the flora and fauna and the tragedy within the land through the disasters that can occur such as the drought. Wright shows that the landscape is full of beauty through the use of alliteration; in “Rises that table land, high delicate outline of bony slopes wincing under the winter.” The use of the word ‘delicate’ suggests the beauty of the land. While the alliteration of “wincing under the winter” allows us to feel as though we are placed within the bleak landscape. Also in stanza one we are shown Wrights perspective of the landscape and the beauty she sees. “Low trees blue –leaved and olive…clean lean hungry country” Wright uses accumulation and personification to suggest to us the fragile and delicate state that the landscape is in due to the extremes of the winter and the drought. Furthermore, Wright expands on
To what extent does this statement reflect your understanding of Judith Wright’s poetry?
Discuss this question with detailed reference to two poems from the BOS prescribed text list.
Judith wright is an Australian poet who has a distinctive way of capturing her unique vision of Australia throughout her poems. Good morning teachers and students, Judith wright is a well-known Australian poet who was born in Armiadale, Australia in May 1915. As she has grown within the land it has allowed her to create a connection which influences the way she presents the landscape that surrounds her. Wrights poems are famous for her inimitable way of capturing the relationships between mankind and the environment. Wrights poems ‘South of my days’ and ‘Platypus’ are perfect examples of how Wright captures these relationships.
One of Wrights unique visions of Australia is that it can be both full of beauty in the flora and fauna and yet to be one of tragedy, this is shown thought-out the poem ‘South of my Days’. Through her experiences within the land Wright has been able to see the beauty such as the flora and fauna and the tragedy within the land through the disasters that can occur such as the drought. Wright shows that the landscape is full of beauty through the use of alliteration; in “Rises that table land, high delicate outline of bony slopes wincing under the winter.” The use of the word ‘delicate’ suggests the beauty of the land. While the alliteration of “wincing under the winter” allows us to feel as though we are placed within the bleak landscape. Also in stanza one we are shown Wrights perspective of the landscape and the beauty she sees. “Low trees blue –leaved and olive…clean lean hungry country” Wright uses accumulation and personification to suggest to us the fragile and delicate state that the landscape is in due to the extremes of the winter and the drought. Furthermore, Wright expands on