however it is ultimately the positives that triumphs. Both Bruce Dawe’s poems ’Husband and Wife’ and ’Drifters’ and Hannie Rayson’s Australian play Life After George explore and confirm this notion. Although Dawe’s poems were written in the context of the 50’s and 60’s and Rayson’s play was written in 2000‚ both works share similarities in their positive outlook on life but however have differences in their values of society. Bruce Dawe’s poem ’Drifters’ provides a positive outlook on life despite
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they can’t control death. In the beginning of Dawes poem‚ he gives up on death because of his death of his dog. He explains there is no point of praying because death always wins and that’s when faith dies. As for Dickson poem‚ the metaphor of the Funeral gives the speaker an assumption of depression‚ closure or darkness. Through out her poem she seems to be in a mental sate of depression or some kind of mental issues. For example‚ in Dickinson poem‚” I felt A funeral” she said‚” Then a blank in
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The poem Homecoming by Bruce Dawe describes the significance of the strong negative impact the Vietnam War has caused. He portrays the emotions and effects surrounding the homecoming of soldiers who have perished in the war. The main concept extracted from the poem is a moral outrage at the hopeless and senseless aspects of war. The author explores the fact that the soldiers who return from the Vietnam War were not respected or acknowledged in any way and that they’re lives were wasted. The poet
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Homecoming Subject Matter/content: This poem is about the returning of Australia soldiers from the Vietnam War. Bruce Dawe illustrates and recounts tragedies from the war and outlines the negative atmosphere surrounding this loss. Dawe is speaking for the soldiers who can no longer express themselves. Theme- what is the poet’s message/how has he developed it?: Bruce Dawe mainly wanted to deliver the message that the Vietnam War was completely a senseless waste of human lives (or war is completely
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Bruce used dialogue to portray people‚ places and ideas in his poem to reflect on his personal values and moral. Discuss using o ne poem. Dialogue was explicitly employed in Enter so much without knocking written by Bruce Dawe to portray his personal values on consumerism in society. Through the employment of dialogue; people‚ places and ideas were portrayed to reflect on Dawe’s negative perception on the impact materialism has played in society through the epitome of a boy’s life from birth to
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ourselves and our world more clearly”‚ the poem “Enter Without So Much as Knocking” by Bruce Dawe‚ published in 1950 is true to this quote because it is outlining the passage from the hospital to the grave. It makes the reader realise that when you die you will eventually be forgotten‚ unless you have made an impact on the world. The persona in the poem is the man who’s being spoken about because it’s about his life‚ making him the subject matter. Dawe is a voice for the persona because he is telling
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Poems: Lifecycle – Enter Without So Much As Knocking The poet’s role is to challenge the world the see around them.’ How far is this true for the poetry of Bruce Dawe? How (ie through what techniques) Does Dawe achieve this? Discuss a maximum of 2 poems. Bruce Dawe is one of the most inspirational and truthful poets of our time. Born in 1930‚ in Geelong‚ most of Dawe’s poetry concerns the common person – his poems are a recollection on the world and issues around him. The statement ‘The poet’s role
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1. Abstract Language: Language describing ideas and qualities rather than observable or specific things‚ people‚ or places. 2. Alliteration: The repetition of initial consonant sounds‚ such as "Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers." 3. Allusion: A reference contained in a work 4. Ambiguity: an event or situation that may be interpreted in more than one way. 5. Analogy: a literary device employed to serve as a basis for comparison. It is assumed that what applies to the parallel situation
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The Homecoming – Review The play is mean‚ funny‚ dark‚ disturbing‚ and mysterious. It sabotages the family by recognizing it as the perfect unit for delivery of pain and humiliation‚ the perfect power field on which to destroy or infantilize one’s opponents (who are all the other family members). In early Pinter‚ say up through 1965 when The Homecoming was first performed in London‚ the turf war reigns supreme. Here we have a large home in unfashionable North London‚ inhabited by four men: Max
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Bruce Dawes poems explore the impacts of consumer culture and are an indictment of the growing materialism in modern society. In Enter Without So Much As Knocking (1962)‚ Dawe portrays a world dominated by consumerism‚ which has lead to `conformity‚ and eroded the individuality of many people. The idea that our view of the world can only be seen through television and that our experience of life is restricted and controlled by it is highlighted in the satirical poem‚ Tele Vistas.(1977) This idea
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