addition‚ Night-Ride is also sleepy in tone and tells about a train trip Slessor ttok. Finally‚ Beach Burial will be discussed about its anti-war themes. William Street is a very colourful poem by Slessor. With the use of imagery and other literary techniques that help readers sense the environment‚ Slessor achieves a vivid description of the area. But when contrsasting content with purpose‚ it is up to the reader to judge what Slessor is trying to convey. Each stanza ends with‚ "you find it ugly‚ I find
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this case‚ Kenneth Slessors poetry will be analysed to show his effectiveness. William Street is a poem which discusses virtually the beauty and ugliness of the red light-headed district. Country Towns‚ in contrast‚ romanticizes the country and its sleepy atmosphere. In addition‚ Night-Ride is overly sleepy in tone and tells about a originate trip Slessor ttok. Finally‚ Beach Burial will be discussed about its anti-war themes. William Street is a very colourful poem by Slessor. With the use of imagery
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Centre Number Student Number CATHOLIC SECONDARY SCHOOLS ASSOCIATION OF NEW SOUTH WALES 2009 TRIAL HIGHER SCHOOL CERTIFICATE EXAMINATION English (Advanced) Paper 2 - Modules Morning Session Tuesday‚ 11 August 2009 Total marks - 60 Pages 2-4 General Instructions • Reading time - 5 minutes • Working time - 2 hours • • Write using blue or black pen Write your Centre Number and Student Number at the top of this page Attempt ONE question from Questions 3-7 Allow about 40 minutes for this section
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nature. In the poem‚ it appears as if these men are soldiers fighting a war at sea and as a result of a shipwreck in which they had died‚ or had simply been washed up on shore‚ they are left in the ocean being carried by the water back and forth. Slessor successfully shows this through techniques of assonance‚ onomatopoeia‚ rhythm and alliteration along with vivid images of bodies buried in burrows‚ using these techniques to transfer the emotions of calamity and sadness. The poet represents
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Slessor‚ I want to share a story that I have not told anyone.” Mary said. Mrs. Slessor simply dropped the Pot she was holding and gave attention to the Woman who had shown her much kindness. Mary’s widowhood had not stopped her from showing love and care from those around her. Mrs. Slessor had seen the golden heart of this woman which made it difficult to hurt her. Mary continued “I am not sure
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2. Memory Slessor presents memorable ideas through his exploration of memories‚ their ability to temporarily transcend time‚ their relation to death and the finality of death. In his poems ‘Five Bells’‚ and ‘Five Visions of Captain Cook’‚ Slessor provides the reader insight into his prominent thematic concern of memory’s ability to temporarily suspend time and the strength and potent nature of these memories. Slessor also explores concepts of one’s memories of the deceased creating a false immortality
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Slessors poetry is distinctive in that it evokes string images by emphasising the mood and the setting of his subjects. He uses poetic devices such as personification‚ metaphors and sound to highlight his philosophical views on life. Slessors philosophical view is evident in the poems "North country". "North Country" demonstrates the lack of concern towards the country land enforced by loggers. It ’s a discovery of change from a peaceful country environment to the harsh and cruel takeover by technological
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desert‚ country towns and cities are the images that I will be analysing in my talk today through the poems‚ Country Town and William Street. The first Poem I will be assessing is Country Towns. Country towns is a poem written by poet Kenneth Slessor. One of the images portrayed in this poem is the idea of the slowed pace of a country town. Significant images in “Country Towns” are of a sleepy town that moves in a slow pace‚ “Find me a bench‚ and let me snore” this line in the final stanza
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dependent on factors such as gender‚ race or class. Human condition also includes concerns such as the meaning of life and anxiety regarding the inescapability of death. The techniques used in the poems ‘Five Bells’ and ‘William Street’ by Kenneth Slessor and ‘From Little Things Big Things Grow’ by Paul Kelly give us insight into the human condition. The poem ‘Five Bells’ is about the death of Joe Lynch‚ the poet’s colleague who drowned in the
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sensual imagery‚ sound techniques and allusions. Robert Gray presents a post apocalyptic future of the impact of 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
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