HELP YEAR 11 belonging task (1 Viewer)

[keemo5]

HI everyone I need help. Now how does this poem the surfer by judith wright convey concepts of belonging. I know the techniques it uses but i have no idea how belonging is evident.:

He thrust his joy against the weight of the sea;
climbed through, slid under those long banks of
foam—-
(hawthorn hedges in spring, thorns in the face stinging).
How his brown strength drove through the hollow and coil
of green-through weirs of water!
Muscle of arm thrust down long muscle of water;
and swimming so, went out of sight
where mortal, masterful, frail, the gulls went wheeling
in air as he in water, with delight.

Turn home, the sun goes down; swimmer, turn home.
Last leaf of gold vanishes from the sea-curve.
Take the big roller’s shoulder, speed and serve;
come to the long beach home like a gull diving.

For on the sand the grey-wolf sea lies, snarling,
cold twilight wind splits the waves’ hair and shows
the bones they worry in their wolf-teeth. O, wind blows
and sea crouches on sand, fawning and mouthing;
drops there and snatches again, drops and again snatches
its broken toys, its whitened pebbles and shells.

THANKS everyone.

 

[Martin_SSEDU]

It explores the concept of belonging and not belonging.

For one the surfer belongs to the sea, he is in control of it and in fact experiences very positive emotions when he is with it.

"He thrust his joy against the weight of the sea.... in air as he in water, with delight."

AND the second half of the poem explores not belonging.

When the sun starts to go down and the sea becomes more violent it starts to reject him and the negative imagery makes it a very hostile environment.

The poem basically shows how nature can be a form of belonging and not belonging and represents it through the surfer's interaction with the sea.