historical figures‚ such as poets. W. H. Auden‚ Bruce Dawe‚ Sylvia Plath‚ Carol Ann Duffy and S. K. Kelen‚ have all used various brief moments of human experience to explore emotions and ideas. Refugee Blues‚ Homecoming‚ The Gods Ash Their Cigarettes‚ Funeral Blues‚ Daddy and Little Red-Cap‚ have through tone‚ stylistic features‚ language devices and personas‚ expressed the idea they centre around. W. H. Auden in Refugee Blues and Bruce Dawe in Homecoming explore the idea that war has negative effects
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within texts‚ or between text and the responder. Bruce Dawe uses dialogue‚ allowing us to share the different points of view from his characters; in the texts Pleasant Sunday Afternoon and Weapons Training we are able experience different perspectives through this dialogue. In a similar fashion‚ the mocumentary style comedy series Angry Boys by Chris Lilley shows us a variety of different views of the world. *** In the poem Weapons Training‚ Bruce Dawe expresses his particular view about military
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“Language helps us to share other people’s experiences”. In Bruce Dawe’s poems Breakthrough and Life Cycle‚ they are often trying to persuade‚ inform or warn the reader of different things throughout the human life. This is done by translating his social beliefs and stands into poetry‚ using many language techniques to express his points. Some of these will be discussed throughout this critical response. In the poem Breakthrough‚ Dawe uses sarcasm and irony to inform his readers of how sickening
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living in suburbia with the other four-fifths of the population. This essay will cite specific examples of poems of a man commonly regarded as Australia’s greatest living poet from 1950 to 1990. Through Bruce Dawe’s poetry the true Australian persona has arisen to global knowledge. One of Bruce Dawes most famous poems‚ written in the 1950s‚ is Enter Without So Much As Knocking. In this poem he highlights the plight of a ’modern’ man who slowly comes to realize and embrace the façade surrounding suburban
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Bruce Dawe Poetry- Many of Bruce Dawe’s poems have a heavy message and a bleak meaning relating to society’s weaknesses and downfalls. “Enter without so much as knocking” is a poem that is critical of consumerism in the modern world. The poem itself is a story of one man’s life‚ from birth till death and is a satirical look at modern society and its materialism. The poem begins with the Latin line “Memento‚ homo‚ qui‚ pulvis es‚ et in pulverem reverteris.” This means in English “Remember you are
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English Speech Bruce Dawe Life is an ongoing cycle‚ forever trapped within the consumerism‚ legalism‚ and ruthlessness of modern society. Only through our fleeting innocence‚ purity and the appreciation of our natural world are we able to go beyond society’s harsh expectations and regulations that only end in the destruction of a person’s spirit. In Enter without so much as knocking Bruce Dawe comments on the materialistic character of Australian society in the 1950’s. During this period of his
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journeys may consist of challenges but may lead to a vast range of positive experiences to benefit the traveller. The two poems‚ ‘Migrants’ and ‘Drifters by Bruce Dawe and related text Journey to freedom by Hai-Van Nguyen are all successful texts which cleverly conveys the travellers journey’s resulting in a positive experience. The first poem is Migrants by Bruce Dawe‚ which depicts a group of helpless migrants who are struggling to integrate into their new country. The idea of pjs being a
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‘Gladiator’ – Representations of a Hero Weighting: 25% Language modes: Viewing/ Representing/ Writing Outcomes to be assessed: 1‚3‚5‚7‚12 P1: A student demonstrates understanding of the relationships between composer‚ responder‚ text and context. P5: A student describes the ways different technologies and media of production affect the language and structure of particular texts. P7: A student selects appropriate language forms and features‚ and structures to explore and express
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theme or topic in a particular way? Many of Bruce Dawe’s poems have a heavy message and a bleak meaning relating to society’s weaknesses and downfalls. In his free verse poem “Homecoming” Dawe promotes his ideas‚ attitudes and values about the Vietnam war to represent his negative perspective of war as a whole. This is evident through Dawes representation of war as a dehumanising conflict in where soldiers are given a lack of respect and honour. Dawe masterfully utilizes imagery‚ sound devices
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theme in the poem “Homecoming”‚ by Bruce Dawe‚ is the feeling and belonging of home and how you can die for your country‚ yet receive inhumane like treatment. The theme in “Beach Burial”‚ by Kenneth Slessor‚ is the pointlessness of war. The two poems are very similar‚ yet very different‚ in meaning and tone‚ through their subjects‚ themes‚ techniques and structure. Both poems relate to the same post-war event; bringing the corpses of soldiers back from war. However‚ in “Homecoming” the corpses are
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