The poem Beach Burial by Kenneth Slessor features many effective techniques to pull us in and help us understand the poem in depth. Three effective techniques he used which stood out to me were structure, metaphor and personification. Each technique gave me more insight on what the poet was trying to say.
The first technique which stood out to me was structure. The way the poet structured each stanza by adding run on lines created a frantic and rushed mood, this was effective as it showed the short-lived lives of the soldiers. This run on lines or ‘enjambment’ were used throughout the poem but emphasised more in the last two stanzas. The poet uses this well when he writes ‘whether as enemies they fought, or fought with us, or neither; the
The first technique which stood out to me was structure. The way the poet structured each stanza by adding run on lines created a frantic and rushed mood, this was effective as it showed the short-lived lives of the soldiers. This run on lines or ‘enjambment’ were used throughout the poem but emphasised more in the last two stanzas. The poet uses this well when he writes ‘whether as enemies they fought, or fought with us, or neither; the