Distinctively visual.... Distinctively visual uses the universality of visual techniques to make connections between the text and the audience. This then provokes the audience into reflecting upon the deeper meaning of the text. This allows Henry Lawson to communicate with his audience through the use of powerful images. Henry Lawson’s purpose in composing his short stories is to portray the hardships endured by his characters in overcoming life in the Australian bush. The audience is able to make connections with the text through the use of visual techniques which open the reader to the composers’ point of view.
A journey can be physical, imaginative, spiritual, emotional and anything you want it to be. The journeys that have been analysed are two Coleridge poems; This Lime Tree Bower My Prison and Frost at Midnight, and two related texts; Australian Summer and The Wizard of OZ. This Lime Tree Bower My Prison has been written in conversational form, as it is a letter addressed to his dear friend Charles Lamb. The opening lines of the poem are colloquial and direct. This is established when he says “Well, they are gone and here I must remain, this lime tree bower my prison”, this really gives us a sense of confinement associating his current location as a prison.
With the short sharp sounds, it reflects the poets attitude and feeling towards the poem and Melbourne. For example Komninos refers to Australian knowledge and landmarks when he said,“past the big ram, the dog on the ticker box," they’re both Australian landmarks, by doing this he alludes to the knowledge of those icons that define those country towns. The purpose of this poem is all about self expression and letting Komninos explain his thoughts and feelings on when he returns to Melbourne. He creates a mocking tone throughout, almost as if he isn’t pleased with how Melbourne is now. His mid-aged voice mixed with a bit of embarrassment surely exemplifies his disgust of Melbourne and how much he doesn’t like the changes that have been made there.
1. Banjo Paterson * Australian bush poet, journalist and author * Rural and outback areas 2. Henry Lawson * Australian writer and poet * Often called “Australia’s best short story writer” * Son of Louisa Lawson 3. Bush poetry in australia * Australia’s unique landscape * Bush ballads popular during late 19th century * Some of the best known Australian bush poets – Banjo Paterson and Henry Lawson 4. Bush ballads * Important emblem of Australian literary and popular culture * Depicts the characters and scenery of rural Australia * National spirit * Influence conceptions of Australian identity 5.
This physical journey in the country acts as a temporary escape from reality. In this poem, Skrzynecki also reminds the responder of the physical journey as an escape from the tedium of ordinary existence but the natural beauty of the place does not separate the poet’s discontentment from the thoughts of his usual life. The poem has a relatively regular stanza structure- 7/8 line stanza but the last two are shorter. Free verse but some implied rhyme (shed, wind, hands) created through assonance and alliteration. The poem has rhythm of conversational speech and assonance and alliteration (e.g.
Explaining what Ruthie has done, she tells him that he'll need to go far away. Tom agrees. Ma hasn't seen Tom since he has been in hiding, and there is no light in the cave, so she touches his face to remember him. He tells her that while he has been alone, he has thought a lot about Jim Casy and what he taught. The gray clouds bring torrents of rain to the land.
As a result of this Scott traveled back to his home town. After living back in his home town for about two years mother moon told him he had to set back out and leave his home town. He asked mother moon “Mother Moon, I’m so comfortable here, why do I have to travel to a place where people live in fear?” Mother Moon never would answer this question, maybe because she knew that Scott wasn’t ready to receive the real reason. Anyways, as Scott was on his journey again, he met a man named Mr. Rager. Mr Rager was an amazing man, he was mysterious however.
Recently I read the story “My Fathers Brain What Alzheimer’s Takes Away” by Jonathan Franzen in my English 101 course. In this story Jonathan Franzen speaks about his parent’s relationship before and after Alzheimer’s, how he viewed Alzheimer’s affecting their lives and his feelings towards his father’s death. Franzen also often illustrates his mothers struggle to deal with his father’s disease and the many emotions attached to it. He talks about how his father started to forget different things which eventually turned into forgetting many everyday things. Franzen explained that his father got lost in his own neighborhood in one instance and couldn’t remember his own children’s birthdays another.
As an aging, disabled worker, Candy fears that his time on the ranch is nearing its end. It seems as though his fears are almost mirrored by the death of his best friend and lifelong companion, his old sheepdog. “’I had him so long. Had him since he was a pup. I herded sheep with him’” (44).
Theme and language can be the basis of poetry that is capable of holding the attention of a nation over decades, and Henry Lawson was an Australian literary Icon who did exactly that. The term ‘Distinctly visual’ refers to the way composers use language to create particular pictures in the mind of the audience. These ‘snapshot’ images compel Australians to see themselves as stoic and strong people who respond to the harsh landscape with humour and mateship. ‘Distinctly visual’ is expressed through many of the Henry Lawson’s short stories including ‘The Drovers Wife’ and ‘the loaded dog’. It is also shown in the poem ‘The Mitchells’ by Les Murray.