In the many different types of literature, poetry offers us the most compelling insights into personal and public issues. Instead of all the typical topics that poets have used, Australian poet Bruce Dawe uses aspects of his varied and interesting past to express to us the public and private issues of his life. Since he had lived a life full of different occupations, lifestyles and situations, he uses poetic techniques and language to encompass us into his life, two examples being the poems “Home coming” and “Drifters”
In the poem “Homecoming”, Bruce Dawe uses a variety of language techniques and imagery to portray his personal point of view towards the war in Vietnam. Its journey depicts the futility of war and the devastations upon human individuals and or the society as a whole.
Dawe portrays war as unbeneficial and most likely to leave a family grieving of their loss. He explores the private side of this poem with the use of alliteration and a simile, shown in this line- “telegrams tremble like leaves from a wintering tree”. At that time, telegrams were very expensive and the only reason telegrams were sent was to inform someone of important information. In this case, the “telegrams tremble” because they are …show more content…
Dawe does not use names, but instead he uses “he” and “she” to show us that this can apply to anyone of those families that live the nomadic lifestyle; that moving is inevitable for all those families that are supported by seasonal labourers. The use of “one day soon” expresses to us that they are expecting to move one day, sooner or later. Each time, the father would tell the mother to pack their belongings because their stay there would not be long. Bruce Dawe uses this to emphasizes the public issues of a drifter lifestyle; the fact that the family had accepted that they live a nomadic way of
In the poem “Homecoming”, Bruce Dawe uses a variety of language techniques and imagery to portray his personal point of view towards the war in Vietnam. Its journey depicts the futility of war and the devastations upon human individuals and or the society as a whole.
Dawe portrays war as unbeneficial and most likely to leave a family grieving of their loss. He explores the private side of this poem with the use of alliteration and a simile, shown in this line- “telegrams tremble like leaves from a wintering tree”. At that time, telegrams were very expensive and the only reason telegrams were sent was to inform someone of important information. In this case, the “telegrams tremble” because they are …show more content…
Dawe does not use names, but instead he uses “he” and “she” to show us that this can apply to anyone of those families that live the nomadic lifestyle; that moving is inevitable for all those families that are supported by seasonal labourers. The use of “one day soon” expresses to us that they are expecting to move one day, sooner or later. Each time, the father would tell the mother to pack their belongings because their stay there would not be long. Bruce Dawe uses this to emphasizes the public issues of a drifter lifestyle; the fact that the family had accepted that they live a nomadic way of