Byron Bay Winter

Question 1

assumption

Answer 1

Robert Gray’s imaginist poem, ‘Byron Bay; Winter’ (1985), explores how the grandeur of nature dwarfs the significance of the man-made world.

Question 2

topic sentence

Answer 2

This is made apparent in the first two stanzas where Gray invites responders to appreciate the enormity of the natural world and our insignificance within it.

Question 3

visual imagery

Answer 3

“Barely contained by the eyesight”

• it conveys the beach as something far greater in its aura, then humanity itself, hence why love for the natural world is imperative as its universal and will forever live on after mankind.

Question 4

metaphor

Answer 4

The beach is one great arc”,

• Gray situates the readers in a panoramic landscape that grants them an appreciation for nature as well as having mindful respect for it.

Question 5

description of each blue range being a ….

Answer 5

“tide mark”

• emphasises the immediacy and close proximity of water to humanity, thus serving as a symbolic reminder of how close humanity is to nature, allowing responders to shift their perspectives and reconcile with their landscape.

Question 6

allusion

Answer 6

“streams hatching by cezanne”,

• implies to the French artist Pual Cezanne, is significant as the artist’s shift in artistic thought is what Gray suggests is equally as significant for the shift that can arise from humanity’s increasing awareness and appreciation of their natural surroundings that will be to the betterment of the whole of society.