emotions such a strong poem. Poetic devices: Selections of similes such as “Hair as while as snow” and “like a torrent down its bed” were also used together with imagery techniques to create a brighter picture of the set and characters in the story. Banjo Paterson used these devices to create a powerful and expressive visual of the harsh Australian countryside‚ which help to build a picture of Australia. Alliteration is also used in “Stocks whip with a sharp a sudden” and “thunder of thread” to make the
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letter to the countryman he/she (probably male but cant be certain) met down the Lachlan because he/she wants to see how his life is going in comparison. The second segment: imagining Clancy‚ what hes doing and where in the country. The third segment being the character comparing his/her lifestyle with that of Clancys‚ and the fourth segment being a sort of conclusion; the character thinking about the effects of swapping
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accompany fiddling‚ which formed the basis for country square dancing. The banjo‚ featured in American Bluegrass and Country music‚ does not have Celtic origins. African slaves brought the tradition of building banjos with them when they were transported to the New World; a tradition that required stretching strings across animal-skin drums. However‚ when musically-inclined inhabitants of the Appalachians got their hands on banjos‚ they used them to play the fiddle tunes that they had learned from the
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African literature From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia African literature refers to literature of and from Africa. While the European perception of literature generally refers to written letters‚ the African concept includes oral literature(or "orature"‚ in the term coined by Ugandan scholar Pio Zirimu).[1] As George Joseph notes in his chapter on African literature in Understanding Contemporary Africa‚ whereas European views of literature often stressed a separation of art and content‚ African
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the struggles of others. Henry Lawson’s short stories ‘The Drover’s Wife’ and ‘In a Dry Season’ evoke a harsh‚ arid landscape but also sympathetic characters that struggle to survive. In contrast‚ the ballad ‘The Man From Snowy River’ by A.B (Banjo). Patterson entices us in a world of action‚ excitement and mountain beauty that draws the audience into the world of the ballad. Thus images absorb us but we may feel that we are spectators or participants in the world of the text. Henry Lawson
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AUGUST 13‚ 2014 YEAR 10 ENGLISH ASSESSMENT RATIONALE UNIT: THE CHANGING AUSTRALIAN VOICE [NAME REDACTED] GIRRAWEEN HIGH SCHOOL Task Requirements Task: You are to create a representation of TWO of the poems studied in class and an explanation or rationale of your work. In this task you are to consider the values and assumptions underlying the voice in the poems and explore the effect of changing context on those values and assumptions. How you decide to represent these ideas on the
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“The Man from Ironbark” By A.B Patterson ‘The man from Ironbark’ is a humorous poem by Banjo Patterson. It is a ballad about a man from Ironbark who wants to get his hair and beard shaved in Sydney. This is so when he goes back to Ironbark he’ll be a ‘man or mark’. Unfortunately for him the barber there likes to play ‘tricks’ on people. The barber shaved his beard then dipped the razor in boiling water. Using the back of the razor he slashes it across his neck making the Man from Ironbark believe
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SARAH BRODIE SPEECH Bravery‚ Courage‚ War‚ Victory‚ Strength…. The little guy. The underdog. These concepts are all key to the Australian experience. These are only some of the values that define Australians. After the war‚ poets like Banjo Patterson‚ were trying to lift peoples spirts‚ as one of the best ways to excape from reality is through litreture. This was one of the best times for Australian poets as people wanted a way out‚ some ulternate universe where everything ends in a happily ever
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There were several reasons for Australia to federate in 1901. * Trade: There were steep tariffs imposed on the transport of goods across the borders of the states. Federation would remove these tariffs and allow for free trade between the states. * Unions and labour laws: It was hoped that labour laws would be standardised across the states with Federation. The great Shearers’ Strike of the 1890s had resulted in the formation of workers’ unions‚ and the newly-formed Australian Labor
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literary and historical evidence. The majority of the evidence‚ are extracts taken from the Sydney Bulletin‚ a paper edited by J.F Archibald. Writers included "the three greatest ’nationalist’ writers of the ’nineties"‚ as Ward called them. They were Banjo Paterson‚ Henry Lawson‚ and Joseph Furphy. Ward believed that their works were hard fact - a reflection of the emergence of a distinctively Australian way of life in the outback. This evidence however is rather selective. It appears that Ward has only
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