Robert Gray is a weaver of images‚ at the loom of the mind. He creates sensual images that elicit and evoke responses from the responder. His poems ’Meatworks’ and ’Flames and Dangling Wire’‚ both social commentaries‚ exemplify techniques he calls upon in order to reproduce the personas feelings‚ emotions and thoughts through powerful images. Assonance and alliteration are employed by Gray to increase the memorability of an image‚ leaving it lingering in the responders mind. He uses these techniques
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cities‚ through the didactic poem “Flames and Dangling Wire”. A subjective view of the environment is conveyed in “William Street”‚ Kenneth Slessor reveals that beauty lies within. In contrast to both poems‚ Henry Kendall’s “Bell-Birds” demonstrates the beauty and comfort of nature and how powerful it is to people. Thus‚ the environment and surroundings of a person can be viewed differently and have been conveyed in poems for centuries. “Flames and Dangling Wire” is an edifying poem that warns
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and return to his prior self at the conclusion of his journey. These themes are explored in Robert Gray’s poems Flame and Dangling Wire and Arrivals and Departures‚ an excerpt from Ahmad Faqih’s short story Gardens of the Night‚ and a photograph by Robert F. Sisson depicting Native Americans staring into a car at a white man. The travelers in Robert Gray’s poems Flame and Dangling Wire‚ and Arrivals and Departures undergo negative experiences that‚ although constitute as new knowledge‚ result in
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Robert Gray is an Australian poet whose work is closely linked with nature. He grew up in the post ww11 era‚ and lives on the north coast. The poems ‘The Meatworks’‚ and ‘Flames and Dangling Wire’‚ express how he feels about life‚ his experiences and his beliefs. His poetry has such an enduring nature because it can be understood in so many different contexts‚ and includes universal themes which remain relevant to societies past‚ present and future. In ‘The meatworks’ Gray presents a vivid and
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that the focus has changed to materialism‚ personal gratification‚ consumerism and technological advancement. Through his exploration of the aesthetics of myopia and decay‚ which occur across both his poems‚ “North coast town” and “ Flames and Dangling wire” Gray forces the responder to see the dire situation of the world as he does‚ engaging them in a process of self-reflection. The deteariation of Australian society and its decaying cultural identity is due to the misplacement of core
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Society’s focus on materialism and consumerism has lead to the shift in our value system‚ which in result has lead to the degradation and neglect of the environment. In his poems‚ Robert gray forces us to consider and reflect upon our involvement on the issues presented- being our priority of material and superficial value which in result has implicated on the natural world‚ provoking its decline and also the degradation of Australian society itself. Furthermore‚ we have lost the values that make
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physically discovered new lands‚ but after studying ’Flame & Dangling Wire’ and ’The Meatworks’‚ two didactic poems by Gray‚ as well as two other texts‚ it enhanced my understanding of discovery to have societal and personal aspects. Discoveries to me now are multifaceted and involve physical‚ intellectual and emotional elements. The first level of discovery I found when studying these texts was the societal aspect. In ’Flame & Dangling Wire’‚ Gray is making an intellectual comment on society that
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Copper to Silver to Gold—A Comparison of Physical and Chemical Changes (Adapted from Abra-Ka-Dabra by C. M. Bires.) Introduction Hundreds of years ago‚ noblemen and women would pay large sums of money to alchemists. These early chemists were similar to modern-day illusionists in that they used a little science‚ a few tricks‚ and some acting to convince their clients that they had the ability to transform base metals into pure gold. Although these alchemists were eventually revealed as charlatans
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effect on the environment and our constant need to create something new and yet‚ forget about what we already have and where that ends up. Also the sense of our society almost becoming‚ un-Australian and very international. In his poem‚ Flames and Dangling Wire‚ the first line immediately sets the scene allowing us to have a sense of where we are. The use of a simile in “The smoke of different fires in a row‚ like fingers spread and dragged to smudge” implies the filthiness of the tip and the smoke
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Flinn Scientific’s Student Safety Contract PURPOSE Science is a hands-on laboratory class. You will be doing many laboratory activities which require the use of hazardous chemicals. Safety in the science classroom is the #1 priority for students‚ teachers‚ and parents. To ensure a safe science classroom‚ a list of rules has been developed and provided to you in this student safety contract. These rules must be followed at all times. Two copies of the contract are provided. One copy must
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