Good Morning Somerville Students. I am delighted to explore with you the poem ‘Homecoming’, written by Bruce Dawe in 1968. Dawe’s free verse poem has a universal appeal by ‘speaking for those who have no means of speaking’ and removes war from its falsely glorified position. Through my studies of Australian war, ‘Homecoming’ clearly resits the narrowly held perception of the ANZAC legends. Dawe achieves this through the effective construction of the title, whilst using vivid imagery to create the theme of loss of identity.
Dawe constructs a title that is used effectively to contrast the conventional representation with the socking reality of soldiers being flown home to grieving families. The traditional implication of the word ‘homecoming’
Dawe constructs a title that is used effectively to contrast the conventional representation with the socking reality of soldiers being flown home to grieving families. The traditional implication of the word ‘homecoming’