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    Distinctively Visual Speech Distinctively visual is language that shows visually the similarities and differences between characters. We may also perceive a distinct visual image from setting and characters. The language used in the text will provide visual examples of setting‚ characters and time. Short stories create meaning within texts‚ about others and the surrounding world. This is shown in Henry Lawson’s short stories “The Drover’s Wife” and ”In the dry season” as well as the poem “Nesting

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    Identity is not static

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    communication with others. The people we choose to be around with affects how we identify ourselves. Our friendships in and out of school play a big role in shaping how we act towards certain situations. A reference to Henry Lawson story about the drovers wife would be after her husband abandons her and she if left with her children. Her identity is forced to grow‚ and she is shaped into a stronger and supportive mother‚ although her old traits are still there‚ new ones have been added‚ strengthening

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    bush with no horizon isolated Nineteen miles to the nearest sign of civilization Follows a conventional narrative structure Complication‚ ‘Snake! Mother snake!’ Story is developed through flashbacks this allows Lawson to develop the character of the drovers wife and show her tenacity ‘She thinks how she fought a flood during her husband’s absence’ Shows her emotional side‚ and the hardships ‘She cried then’ Though she is still able to laugh ‘Then she laughed’ [fingers through the hankie] The conclusion

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    1968 Paul Simon and Bruce Woodley wrote “The Boxer”‚ a modern rock ballad. This narrative poetry tells the story of a young man struggling financially to make ends meet in a down economy. Like all narrative poetry‚ it tells a story of true life emotions that people can relate to. At the time‚ the economy in the United States of America was weak and thus many Americans were struggling financially. During this economic crisis‚ this ballad was popularized by the famous Simon and Garfunkel musical duo. While

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    ------------------------------------------------- Ballad From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia For other uses‚ see Ballad (disambiguation). A ballad is a form of verse‚ often a narrative set to music. Ballads were particularly characteristic of British and Irish popular poetry and song from the later medieval period until the 19th century and used extensively across Europe and later the Americas‚Australia and North Africa. Many ballads were written and sold as single sheetbroadsides. The form

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    1. At the end of "Araby" the narrator sees himself as "driven and derided by vanity." One meaning of "vanity" is that state of being empty‚ idle‚ valueless." Another meaning is "exaggerated self-love." Still another is "hunger for praise or admiration." Each of these definitions of vanity could apply to the narrator. The definition of vanity meaning "exaggerated self-love relates to the narrator because at a point in the text‚ the boy realizes that his romantic feelings for Mangan’s sister are a

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    The Drover's Wife

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    The Drover’s Wife‚ by Henry Lawson The Drover’s wife‚ by Hanry Lawson‚ expresses about a poor drover family‚ which the wife with four children lived apart from her husband. One night there was a snake in the partition of her house. To deal with this situation‚ she let her children sleep in the kitchen‚ but she stayed awake with Alligator‚ a dog‚ to look after her children from the snake. While she stayed awake‚ she thought of the unpleasant situations that she’d faced and how sorrow life she

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    Mexican war on drugs however‚ are often banned by the Mexican authorities. Since in Mexico these songs are often prohibited this music industry started in Los Angeles‚ California. John H. McDowell approaches this industrial phenomenon in the article The Ballad of Narcomexico‚ where he mainly focuses on how the music industry has generated millions of dollars emerging from the wave of violence in the last decade in Mexico. Moreover‚ McDowell touches on the foundation of Twin Enterprises the first recording

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    poems "Ballad of the Landlord" and "Miss Gee" exhibit each author’s ability to employ the use of a traditional poetic form to tell a fanciful yet haunting story of characters whose initial qualities are comedic and simple. Both poems are similar in that they are ballads‚ they rhyme‚ and they both end in tragedy; however the tragic outcomes for each of the stories characters are as different as the authors who wrote them and the variations on the style they chose to tell these stories.

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    The wild colonial boy{Poetry Analysis) The wild colonial boy The ballad‚ “Wild Colonial Boy” by unknown has the context of an Australian traditional bush ballad. In this ballad there are many language techniques such as similes‚ metaphors‚ personification‚ repetition‚ rhythm and rhyme. The narrative of this ballad is that there once was a boy named Jack Doolan who robbed the rich and fed the poor. In the end he is fatally wounded by one of the troopers (police). This also leaves the question

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