Poetry Flashcards
Who wrote driving through sawmill towns?
Les Murray
When was driving through sawmill towns first published and in what collection of poems?
1965 in Ilex Tree
Symbolism quotes for Marxist reading
“In the high cool country, having come from the clouds”
“Your windscreen parts the forest”
“…rolling a dead match… Thinking of the future”
Pronoun quotes Marxist reading
“You drive without haste”
“The men”
“Youths”
Tone quote Marxist reading
“You speed through… Glowing on far hills”
Mood quote for Marxist reading
“…ground crickets sing and pause.”
Imagery quote for Marxist reading
“Tall youths look away”
Descriptive language quotes for gender reading
“Lithe men”
“The swerve of a winch…weatherboards and battens”
Symbolism quotes for a gender reading
“Older men…in blue singlets”
Personification quote for gendered reading
“The houses there wear verandas out of shyness.”
Tone quote for gendered reading
…gaze at the mountains in wonderment, looking for a city.”
Tone of gendered reading
Hopelessness
Global statement
Often poets present ideas in poems relating to gender and class issues in society.
Values and attitudes of farmers
Value: hard work, community, town
Attitudes: dull, tiresome, simples, proud, appreciative
Values and attitudes of outsiders
Value: freedom and opportunity
Attitudes: unappreciative, ignorant, happy
