Thesis: Dawe addresses the idea of society losing knowledge of what is important & the true meaning of life. The poem ‘enter without so much as knocking’ illustrates one man's life condensed into 47 lines, from innocent to corrupt. The only way to escape this world is through death, allowing an individual to truly be one with nature & divert from a world of greed & consumerism.
TEEL: Dawe has expressed his issue of materialism throughout the us of irony & exaggeration as a means of expressing, to show the negative aspects of life. ‘Enter without so much as knocking’ follows the journey of a man’s life from birth into society to death. It shows how he & his family conform to society as they become just like everybody else, taking a critical …show more content…
Use of latin indicates how important it is to understand that no matter who you are we all are born to die & should make the most of life & enjoy nature rather than obsessing over trends & other wasteful inventions. Throughout stanza one we are introduced to a satire on a gameshow ‘Bobby Dazzler,’ the word dazzler is defined to be showy & false, exactly what they are. This is a link to line seven through the phrase ‘then’ as it implies that later he will learn the negative aspects of consumerism & media. Stanza two focusses on conformity & the idea of everyone fitting into a certain stereotype. Use of hyphenated words such as ‘smoothly-run’ & well-equipped’ are all words of advertising & express the idea of a marketing driven society. Abrupt listing of rules in capitalisation in lines 16-20 all show the extent in which society has gone to , to rule out individuality and freedom of choice. One thing in his life which remains pure & innocent is nature, Dawe uses this idea to emphasise that there are more important things beyond consumerism, ‘littered with stars, no-one
TEEL: Dawe has expressed his issue of materialism throughout the us of irony & exaggeration as a means of expressing, to show the negative aspects of life. ‘Enter without so much as knocking’ follows the journey of a man’s life from birth into society to death. It shows how he & his family conform to society as they become just like everybody else, taking a critical …show more content…
Use of latin indicates how important it is to understand that no matter who you are we all are born to die & should make the most of life & enjoy nature rather than obsessing over trends & other wasteful inventions. Throughout stanza one we are introduced to a satire on a gameshow ‘Bobby Dazzler,’ the word dazzler is defined to be showy & false, exactly what they are. This is a link to line seven through the phrase ‘then’ as it implies that later he will learn the negative aspects of consumerism & media. Stanza two focusses on conformity & the idea of everyone fitting into a certain stereotype. Use of hyphenated words such as ‘smoothly-run’ & well-equipped’ are all words of advertising & express the idea of a marketing driven society. Abrupt listing of rules in capitalisation in lines 16-20 all show the extent in which society has gone to , to rule out individuality and freedom of choice. One thing in his life which remains pure & innocent is nature, Dawe uses this idea to emphasise that there are more important things beyond consumerism, ‘littered with stars, no-one