Australian Literature - Book Report/Review Example

If art is a lovely deception, the poem is a clear expression of grief utilized. He expresses his thoughts so clearly that comes to a point where the conventional poem 'pretends' to honesty, this sequence deceives itself in eyes of the reader , and gives a new centre to his work: the act of dismantling an simulated untruth. Thorugh his thoughts he manages to make the above mentioned two surfaces persistently shift focus back and forth: The explanation to this artificial problem is in conclusion worthless, yet the act of working it out is appealing.

It is like a blind man walking all the way through an art gallery: the desirable quality lies in the exercise itself, not the apparent purpose; the worth is in the means, not the end. Such is the power of the poet's expressionism in this poem A very apparent device which the poet used to express himself is the language. The command as well as accuracy of language played a major role in giving life to the poem. this command over language helped the poet to express the refinement of the persona's role, as well as the intricacy of the awareness behind the poems, it was important for the poet to be able to express himself in this rear properly as this was to provide the vision with a quiet as well as unselfconscious assurance, and a more tranquil tone that at all times allows the reader to work his way through at his own speed.

Expression of thought in this poem is never out of touch with the personal, repeatedly spreads outwards like ripples do when a pebble is well-placed in water. Each touches on wider implications, affecting outside the self.Structure The structure of the poem is quite simple. It mostly subscribes to the one-unit-of-thought-per-line "natural" if elided clusters of speech, is also tends to follow a hypotactic clause structure. The lines of the poem at times are not end-stopped, and other times they are subjected as points of sub-closure inside the larger sentence structure of the poem.

If the content of this poem is not conventional, the layout definitely is, with slight digressions. This diregression tends to show it's self when what's being "said", in the poem is predictably periphrastic - it's a roundabout journey to get to the key point since that there are a lot of other likely points of departure in meaning and tone on the way. Michael Dransfield Pas de deux for lovers This poem is one of Michael Dransfield's most famous love poems, it depicts the beauty of the poet's lover and how the poet doesn't want to leave as he wants to keep looking at his beautiful lover who is lying in his arms.

The poet is describing his deep love for his lover.Expressionism The poet has used very simple language to express himself. A good example of this is the first few lines; To wakeand gowould be so