numerous 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
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Homecoming by Bruce Dawe exemplifies and recounts the calamities of the Vietnam War in a dehumanising‚ confronting tone. The anti-war elegy was written in 1968 as a tribute to the return of the Australian veterans who died fighting in the Vietnam War. While protesting about Australia’s participation in the War‚ the poem also demonstrates the lack of identity and deference that was attached to the soldiers. The 25 line broken verse poem presented in a single stanza‚ speaks on behalf of the disrespected
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Homecoming by Bruce Dawe All day‚ day after day‚ they’re bringing them home‚ they’re picking them up‚ those they can find‚ and bringing them home‚ they’re bringing them in‚ piled on the hulls of Grants‚ in trucks‚ in convoys‚ they’re zipping them up in green plastic bags‚ they’re tagging them now in Saigon‚ in the mortuary coolness they’re giving them names‚ they’re rolling them out of the deep-freeze lockers – on the tarmac at Tan Son Nhut the noble jets are whining like hounds‚ they
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positives 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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‘Weapon’s Training’ By Bruce Dawe a) The poem begins with the connection word ‘And’ for emphasis and as an interruption to the soldiers. It is for the drill sergeant to interrupt the soldiers dazing and get them to listen to him. b) This poem is also called a dramatic epilogue. A dramatic epilogue is a one person piece of drama. ‘Weapon’s Training’ could actually be used as a drama piece as it is very dramatic. c) ‘I want to hear those eyeballs click..’ Click is the example of onomatopoeia.
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resolve our own uncertainties in life in our own special place. Dawe uses a series of imagery to depict the workings of our minds and a chain of unpleasent sensory experiences to illustrate unwanted intrusions in our lives. Through the vague depictions of these intrusions Dawe urges us not to give great attention to them‚ but to offer to the world‚ our most truthful emotions and thoughts. "The man" in the poem is not just a one individual. Dawe suggests this in his title "Homo Suburbiensis". He has classified
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English Speech [Reading of Life Cycle] That poem‚ written by Bruce Dawe‚ conveys the idea that AFL is ’the way of life’ and is as important of religion to Victorian people. Good morning/afternoon to my fellow Class mates and Mrs Daniels. As you know‚ my name is Sophie and I strongly believe that the poem “Life Cycle” is a poem that should be included as a representation of the Australian experience. Within this poem Dawe refers to Australian history and also a variety of influences that makes
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culminating in an overall transformation physically‚ intellectually and emotionally. Within theses changes they are caused by unexpected detours or obstacles‚ new challenges or hindrances. The poems from the collection called “Sometimes Gladness” by Bruce Dawe portrays this like: “For The Duration” coveys this through the tedious attempts of men trying to escape jail‚
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An Analysis of ’Homecoming’In twenty-five lines of dramatic and saddening poetry‚ Bruce Dawe’s "Homecoming" describes to the audience the tragedies of war‚ the return of the young bodies of the soldiers from the Vietnam War and the lack of respect that was given to these soldiers. Bruce Dawe was born 15 February 1930‚ he is an Australian poet who began writing poetry at the age of 13. He was influenced by writers such as John Milton and Dylan Thomas. Dawe’s poetry revolves around Australian society
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1. Dehumanising aspect of war The anti-war poem ‘Homecoming’ delineates the dehumanising aspect of wars upon the human race as a whole. With the usage of visual imagery throughout the poem‚ Dawe accomplishes in writing poetry that has an extensive universal appeal underlining the savage but real nature of war. “The noble jets are whining like hounds” produces a simile which accentuates the explicit baleful components of war. The quote produced despises dogs as sympathetic feelers of human emotion
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