Judith Wright Flashcards
The Hawthorne hedge - techniques
Personification
Symbolism
“That barrier Thorn across the hungry ridge”
- symbolising (barrier Thorn)
- personification (hungry ridge)
The Hawthorn hedge - techniques
Simile
Juxtaposition
Symbolism
“Only the mad old girl from the but on the hill, unkempt as an old tree”
- Simile
- Juxtaposition
South of my days
Nature acts as a nurturer - made her the person she is today, she longs for nature but nature doesn’t long for her.
Nature has power over humans.
South of my days - quote personification
"Clean, lean, hungry country" -personification -assonance "Boney slopes wincing under the water" -personification -symbolism (boney slopes idea of drought)
South of my days - quotes symbolism of people trying to make a life in Australia
“The creaks leaf silenced, willow choked, the slope a tangle of medlar and crabapple”
-symbolic of the people trying to survive and make a life in Australia
The Hawthorne hedge
Thorne acts as a protective barrier, landscape is nurturing.
Symbolic of the British invaders - Hawthorne hedge is introduced species.
Changes from last to future tense from stanza 1 to 3
Hawthorn hedge context
Post world war 2
British planting themselves in Australia and attempted to take control
To wright the invasion of the British of the Australian landscape is a war and the hedge is protecting her.
South of my days - dan
Dan is a representative of outback characters who keep the stories alive.
South of my days - last line quote
“South of my days circle, I know it dark against the stars, the high lean country full of old stories that still go walking in my sleep”
Heading towards death and dreamtime stories while demonstrating the harmonious relationship between wright and the land
Hawthorn hedge - quote symbolism
“The hawthorn hedge took root, grew wild and high to hide behind”
- symbolism (invasive weed parallels with the British Invasion)
Hawthorn hedge - Mother Nature threatened - symbolism
“She will hide away if you wave your hand or call;she will not see”
-symbolic of Mother Nature threatened by invaders.
Barbara baynton - A dreamer - foreshadowing
“Wet leaves, night hidden tree… Closed doors”
A Dreamer - personification
“Rain spitting viciously, violence of thunder, the greedy wind”
Sunday evening
Techniques
Juxtaposition between the fat baby and the scrawny family. Shows the effect of the land on people.
Imagery - tree divides men and women, men are above the women
Sunday evening
Landscape effect
Shows the effect of the landscape on the British people - wears them down.
Baby represents the possibility that the future holds
English are spiritually disconnected from the land
