Rosemary Dobson and Tim Winton are two composers who are concerned with capturing and exploring the significant discoveries of unique personas in their writing. Both highlight the fact that while discovery can exist and transpire in various ways, the underlying experiences that come to characterise discovery, all have the potential to …………….ATQ………….. In her poem, ‘The Tiger (Tiger)’, Dobson considers the notion that during the process of discovery, the immeasurable scope of the human imagination is limited by the words available to express our ideas. However, Dobson suggests that the desire to express ourselves reveals much about the nature of the human condition. Winton’s, The Turning (Turning), is a compilation of short stories, which explores
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by exploring the idea that our creativity is limited by the constraints of writing, for our thoughts are ‘captive within the lines of type’. Dobson’s sense of entrapment can be seen through the recurring motif of ‘the black bars of the page’, as the image of the black bars convey the idea that her thoughts have been restrained. In an attempt to express herself, ‘The Tiger’, is used as an extended metaphor throughout the poem as the tool of discovery for both the writer and the reader. It is representative of the extraordinary and provocative ideas, which the poet wishes to express, for the tiger as an animal is an exotic creature that thrives beyond the restraints of a cage. The nature of the tiger as an aggressive predator also corresponds to the nature of the poet’s fearless imagination as seen in the descriptive imagery of the tiger’s ‘unblinking eyes that stare into the gold heart of the sun’, as it ‘rakes the sky of stars’. Dobson’s use of imagery reinforces the concept that the human imagination has the power to discover beyond what is thought to be possible. In referring to ‘stars’, Dobson highlights the idea that there is no limit to the potential of human creativity, while the tiger’s ‘unblinking eyes’ demonstrate that the poet is steadfast in her desire to discover the extraordinary. Furthermore, the repetition of the tiger’s ‘heart’, emphasises Dobson’s passion for discovery and reveals that articulating her thoughts is crucial to her identity as a
by exploring the idea that our creativity is limited by the constraints of writing, for our thoughts are ‘captive within the lines of type’. Dobson’s sense of entrapment can be seen through the recurring motif of ‘the black bars of the page’, as the image of the black bars convey the idea that her thoughts have been restrained. In an attempt to express herself, ‘The Tiger’, is used as an extended metaphor throughout the poem as the tool of discovery for both the writer and the reader. It is representative of the extraordinary and provocative ideas, which the poet wishes to express, for the tiger as an animal is an exotic creature that thrives beyond the restraints of a cage. The nature of the tiger as an aggressive predator also corresponds to the nature of the poet’s fearless imagination as seen in the descriptive imagery of the tiger’s ‘unblinking eyes that stare into the gold heart of the sun’, as it ‘rakes the sky of stars’. Dobson’s use of imagery reinforces the concept that the human imagination has the power to discover beyond what is thought to be possible. In referring to ‘stars’, Dobson highlights the idea that there is no limit to the potential of human creativity, while the tiger’s ‘unblinking eyes’ demonstrate that the poet is steadfast in her desire to discover the extraordinary. Furthermore, the repetition of the tiger’s ‘heart’, emphasises Dobson’s passion for discovery and reveals that articulating her thoughts is crucial to her identity as a