Help on bruce dawe poetry - drifters (1 Viewer)

[Jennal]

hay! im doing a speech on one of bruce dawe's poems called
Drifters ; im finding it really hard to interpret the poem and to identify the techniques within and the effects of technique . .
if anyone could contribute in making my understanding a little clear would be much appreicated .
thanks x

 

[Laurence-Kumar]

i don't have much on it but here are sum of the techniques.

This poem is told in third person narration in a conversational tone. This gives the feeling as if someone who knows this family is telling the responder the situation of this family. The use of phrases like ‘notice how the oldest girl…’ gives a feeling that the narrator is pointing out to the responder the family members, as if the narrator and the responder are both present at the scene when the family’s moving at the time. The blackberries were used as an indicator of time, showing us how long the family has stayed in this place for, and the changes of the blackberries from when they had first arrived to when they were leaving also used as a symbol to create mood of sadness and the lost of hope.

 

[Rayyan]

haii anyone have anything on the concept of belonging in Pleasant sunday afternoon- Bruce Dawe??

 

[skool94]

heyy