people. Robert Gray’s poem “Late Ferry” and Phil Hansen ted talk “Embrace the Shake”‚ both explore the concept of self-discovery but alter the discovery to being either new and refreshing or challenging and confronting. In Gray’s Late Ferry he is portrayed with fear and uncertainty into the future‚ which leads to the past. Through his nostalgic attitude‚ the audience reflects on the future and discovers that Gray must move on from his past experiences. In the beginning of the poem Gray describes
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understandings and renewed perceptions. Robert Gray an Australian poet attempts to explore these concepts in two of his poems ”Late Ferry” and “The North Coast” and a related text “The Relative Advantages of
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constantly changing and diverse Australian identity. Numerous texts explore aspects of this idea‚ including Robert Gray’s poems ‘north coast town’ and ‘Late ferry’‚ as well as a passage written by Kate Grenville entitled ‘mate’. First of all‚ ’North cost town’‚ a poem written by Robert Gray‚ explores the influences and altering factors of which contribute to our dynamic identity. The poem examines Americanisation and the affect it has on both our country and our identity. This theme is further
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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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two of the poems you have studied Robert Gray’s poetry relies heavily on imagery and symbolism. In turn this creates a picturesque tone in the poems. The poems “The Meatworks” and the “Old House” Robert Gray uses different techniques to emphasis the technique of imagery. The two poems do have their similarities through Robert Gray’s unique style of composition and persona‚ but have there differences also as each poem represents a different quota of the composers life. In the poem “The Meatworks”
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One thing that Robert Gray has mastered is leaving no detail big or small out. Flames and Dangling Wires is a poem that effectively conveys the effects of the human’s materialistic demands on the world. Robert Gray shows what life will inevitably be if our actions and attitudes do not change through the somewhat disturbing images that he renders The idea of a fog like shield is used to show that the increase production of waste is hiding us from the true reality of our actions. The smoke is seen
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Robert Frost is a well-known American poet that often includes the element of nature’s beauty. As you read a poem by Robert Frost‚ what seems to stand out the most? Is it his ability to paint a mental picture in your mind that can shift and change? Generally‚ his writing includes nature that shows reality and how it represents life and human experience. However‚ because the deeper meanings of his poems are usually overlooked‚ many people use words such as loneliness‚ anguish and frustration to describe
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The first resident of what is today the town if Harpers Ferry was a man named Peter Stevens‚ who bought a small plot of land and built a modest cabin there in 1932. However‚ in 1947‚ a man named Robert Harper was instructed to build a Quaker church on the Opequon River‚ which is about 16 miles to the West of Harpers Ferry. He never got to the Opequon‚ he didn’t end up building the church because on his way there‚ he was smitten by the view of a majestic valley with a picturesque river edging it
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Compare and contrast Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening’ and Birches’. The poetry of Robert Frost often embraces themes of nature. Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening’ and Birches’ are not exceptions. Frost shows the relationship between nature and humans in both poems. In the poem Birches’‚ the narrator sees trees whose branches have been bent by ice storms. However‚ he favors a vision of branches that are bent as a result of boys swinging on them‚ just as he did when he was young
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“To the Virgins‚ to Make Much of Time” by Robert Herrick. In the opening stanza‚ the poet articulates the carpe diem tenet that urges one to "Seize the Day." The gathering of roses is a metaphor for living life to the fullest. The image of roses suggests a number of things: roses symbolize sensuality and the fulfillment of earthly pleasures; as vegetation‚ they are tied to the cycles of nature and represent change and the transience of life. Like the "virgins‚" the roses are buds‚ fresh‚ youthful
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