Australian Literature helps me to expand the boundaries of my own experience. As a result of studying variations of Australian literature this semester, I believe I have a have a deeper understanding of the world around me. This is due to the extensive analysis of poetry, novels and short stories that have enabled my participation…
Category: Australian Literature
Blog 6 – Francis Webb
Write a letter to either Judith Beveridge or Francis Webb telling them how one of their poems has made a deep impression on you. Mr Francis Webb, I admire your sensitivity that is portrayed in your poems. Your undoubted talent to manifest the fragile into the great is outstanding. Upon analysing your poem, “Five Days…
Blog 5 – “Down at the Dump”
Write a letter to Meg in “Down at the Dump” telling her what you think about her relationship with Lummy. Dearest Meg, I respect you and your love growing love for Lummy. I was once in love with a ferrel boy like him. It takes great strength to oppose the structures that are there to…
Peer Review 5
A link to James’ website can be found here. Hey James, I have chosen to review your creative blog 2 where you have written a replicate of Banjo Paterson’s poem, “The Man from Snowy River.” Firstly, I like how you have provided evidence of you stimulus as it allows the audience to be more involved…
Peer Review 4
Attached is a link to Lili’s website Lili! I was so impressed upon reading your creative poem. I was amazed to see how your words possess such an intimacy which sensitively encapsulate the feelings of girls as they struggle to love themselves. I admire your courage to personally reflect and write about such a topic…
Peer Review 3
Christina’s website here. Hey Christina, I have read your letter 3 times and each time I like it even more! There are so many good things going on and I believe you have written accurately and sensitively to the time period of Ada Cambridge. The girl writing to her mother and sister effectively epitomises the…
Blog 4 – “The Orange Tree”
1. Discuss the significance of the last line of “The Orange Tree” The young girl stood beside me. I Saw not what her young eyes could see: – A light, she said, not of the sky Lives somewhere in the Orange Tree. – Is it, I said, of east or west? The heartbeat of a…
Peer Review 2
Hey Tyler! I was very captivated by your creative piece! It was written with such vivid imagery and beautifully encapsulates the realities of working in the Australian environment. I can easily understand your words and you clearly develop a strong relationship between yourself and the landscape. I also appreciate your final sentences where you provide…
Blog 3 – Beautiful and the Brutal
Make up your own blog entry question — This creative blog is written in the same style of Henry Lawson where he describes in his short stories the brutality yet beauty of the Australian landscape. I adjusted my toes inside my worn boots in preparation for the cold to creep through the leather and chill…
Peer Review 1
https://mikaelaswords.home.blog/2018/08/26/the-landscape-i-love-best/ Hey Mikaela, I was most impacted by your blog post where you describe a landscape that you fondly remember. After reading other classmates’ blogs briefly, I had not felt drawn to review their works like I had your own. The first line, “I had been travelling aimlessly for weeks…” I deeply connected with, as…
Caitlin McCartney 