The Drover's Wife Flashcards
What were some topicsin the Drover’s Wife
Resilience, Endurance, Strength, Survival, Lonliness, Isolation, Sacrifice, Acceptance, Love (the expression of) , Family, Womanliness, Motherhood
Sickly _______ + technique
“sickly daylight” - Personfication
“and the wind, rushing through the _____ in the ____wall, _______ to blow out _______”
“and the wind, rushing through the cracks in the slab wall, threatens to blow out her candle” Personification & Descriptive language
“Bush all ______- bush _________”
“Bush all around- bush with no horizon” Repetition
“because of the _____ _______ of the _____ _____ ____ _____trees”
“because of the everlasting madness of the stunted, rotten, native apple trees” Syntax, negative connotative language
“He shakes __ _____ as though __ ___ __ __ ___ in _____ with _______”
“He shakes the snake as though he felt the original curse in common with mankind” Allusion-
“d________ d________”
“drenching downpour” Alliteration
“who ______ like _ _____ _______ __ her _______”
Simile- “who worked like a little hero by her side”
“round _____, slabs, and ___ ____, and floored with ______ ______”
Descriptive language- “round timber, slabs, and stringy bark, and floored with split slabs”
How is the landscape represented in the Drover’s wife
Demanding, Unforgiving, Harsh, Unpredictable, Potentially overwhelming, Vast, Imposing, Hostile, Monotonous
Who wrote the Drover’s Wife
Henry Lawson (1892)
