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Wed 31 May, 2006 03:01 am
hey.. i have to do a task comparing one of john foulchers poems to another of choice and i have "for the fire" by john foulcher and "carmel point" by margaret phyllis MacSweeny..im comparing the violence of nature and death of the animals but i need some help finding some other ideas PLEASE! thank you!
this is "Carmel Point"
I watched a sea anemone
The colour of green jade
Shadowed under water.
I saw a daring crab,
Unafraid and young
Touch the velet petals
Of the princess underwater.
Softly she took him in,
Softly she sighed and closed.
The little crab was hushed and still -
Never would he swim again
Under crevice, under weed,
Under green and coloured water.
Softly she opened -
That princess of rare jade.
Softly she gave him back
Sucked of all his pearly flesh
Sucked of all his salty blood.
I ran away to tell my dad,
"let's go home," i said,
"I am sorry to be born,
I am afraid of many things."
this one is "For the Fire"
Outside, gathering kindling - a chopping sound
from the forrest. Its singular, human thud.
No one is there, only the wind through sparse leaves
like clockwork. Then, above me, the sounds drops,
chipped from a tall dead tree:
a kookaburra hacks with its axe-blade beak
tight about a lizard. I can see the reptile's mouth
stunned open, pouting blood, its legs arched
and claws clutching at air. Even now, all of its bones
are smashed. Oblivious, the bird flays it still,
knocking down twigs. I pick up these twigs
and leave with them, the cold air congealing behind me.
could u help me please...?!! PLEASE PLEASE! thankyou!
John Foulcher poetry HELP PLEASE
Homework?
What about how differently the "harshness" of nature is revealed?
How the metaphor is of sleep ...and perhaps sex/and or motherhood, with the first one......and the staccato and much starker telling of the second....like the axe chops.
Have a look at both human reactions, too. Are they the same, are they different?
thank you heaps! that has helped.
Hoho, I'm the poor little crab...