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POETRY

See below a list of available texts that fall under these categories to find practice material for.

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Ali Cobby Eckermann Poems

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  1. How does Ali Cobby Eckermann use language and form to convey the importance of individual and collective identity, as well as cultural history in her poems?

  2. How does Eckermann manipulate language to highlight the influence of cultural stereotypes on the formation of identity?

  3. How does Ali Cobby Eckmerann use language features to explore identity and culture in her poetry?

  4. How has your study of Ali Cobby Eckermann's poetry highlighted the contribution of language to the formation of cultural identity?

  5. "Composers use language to explore culture and identity." Discuss this statement with reference to at least TWO of Eckermann's poems.

  6. To what extent do Eckermann's poems disrupt assumptions about culture?

  7. How does Ali Cobby Eckermann use her poetry to explore language, culture and identity? In your response, make reference to at least TWO of her poems.

  8. "Although language can affirm cultural values, it can also reveal uncomfortable assumptions and beliefs about individuals and cultural groups." To what extent is this statement true of Eckermann's poetry? In your response, make detailed reference to the poems you have studied.

  9. How has Eckermann's poems used voice to explore the complexity of cultural identity? In your response, make reference to a minimum of TWO poems.

  10. "Texts are significant tools for conveying values and attitudes about individuals and culture." To what extent is this true of your study of the work of Ali Cobby Eckermann?

  11. How does Ali Eckermann's poetry promote cultural tensions?

  12. Explain how language is used in Eckermann's poems changed your perceptions about identity. In your response, refer to at least TWO poems.

  13.  How do the connections between ideas, form and language inform your understanding of the significance of Eckermann's poetry? In your response, refer to at least TWO poems.

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Rosemary Dobson Poems

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  1. Analyse how Dobson's poetry represents the ways individuals respond to the challenge they face.

  2. "Signficiant discoveries suprise and challenge." How is this idea conveyed in Rosemary Dobson's poetry? In your response, refer to at least ONE poem.

  3. "Although discoveries may differ, the initial emotional responses will always be similar, and the consequences will differ based on the roles of individuals and their perspectives on this." To what extent do you agree with this statement? In your response, make detailed reference to Dobson's poetry.

  4. How does Dobson represent the qualities arising from human experiences through the features of poetry?

  5. How does Dobson exploore the paradoxes of human behaviour in her poetry?

  6. How does Dobson represent the emotions arising from human experiences through the features of poetry?

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Strzynecki Poems

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  1. How has Strzynecki represented the relationship between personal identity and culture?

  2. Explore how Strzynecki's poems provide an insight into the Australian migrant experience.

  3. How do Peter Strzynecki's poems convey his understanding of how the past impact on an individual's sense of self and the community?

  4. How do Peter Strzynecki's poems to convey a struggle to form connections with culture, family and place?

  5. "An individual's interaction with others and the world around them enrich or limit their experience of belonging." Discuss this view with detailed reference to at least TWO of Strzynecki's poems.

  6. Despite his European identity, Strzynecki celebrates Australia and its landscapes. Discuss.

  7. To what extent do Strzynecki's poems show the difficulties people have in adapting to new places and ways of life?

  8. "Overwhelmingly, the subject matter of Strzynecki's poetry is mortality." Do you agree?

  9. How has you study of belonging broadened your perception of "belonging" in reference to yourself, individuals, communities and the world? In your answer, you must refer to TWO poems by Peter Strzynecki.

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Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes Poems

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  1. How has your comparative study enhanced your understanding of how a change in context leads to a shift in the values presented? Answer this question in relation to the poetry of Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes.

  2. How does the study of the commonalities and collisions between the poetry of Plath and Hughes bring responders to a deeper consideration and understanding of the text?

  3. "A comparative study of the poetry of Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes illuminates both the connection between the poets and their dissonant perspectives." To what extent do you agree with this statement? In your response, make reference to at least ONE text for each author that you have studied.

  4. "Context is at the heart of how and why poets write poetry." To what extent does this statement reflect your understanding of the textual conversation between 'Daddy' and 'The Shot'?

  5. Analyse the portrayal of identity and subjectivity in the textual poetry of Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes.

  6. How do this disparities between your prescribed texts affect their textual conversation? In your response, refer to ONE PAIR of poems by Plath and Hughes you have studied.

  7. Two people who value your prescribed text in different ways and for different reasons are having a conversation. Compose their conversation which should include poetic techniques, language and ideas of the text. In your answer, you must refer to one of Plath's poems and one of Hughes poems.

  8. Has your understanding of events, personalities and situations in the text you have studied? In your response, refer to at least ONE poem by Plath and ONE poem by Hughes.

  9. "Later texts rarely agree with their textual mentors; the conversation is always a challenge, a rebuttal to what has gone before." To what extent is this true of Plath and Hughes' poetry?

  10. Explore how the poetry of Ted Hughes and Sylvia Plath represent conflicting perspectives in unique and evocative ways.

  11. "Never again will a single story be told as though it is only one." To what extent is this true of the poetry of Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes?

  12. "A textual adaptation is more than a reinterpretation, it is a conversation." Explore this statement in relation to your prescribed texts. You MUST  refer to at least TWO of Sylvia Plath's poems and TWO of Ted Hughes' poems in your response.

  13. "At its best, a conversation is a joy and a collaborative construction, building an idea, an insight, sharing experiences; at its worst, it's a battle for territory." - Rebecca Solnit. To what extent does this statement align with your appreciation of textual conversatons between the poetry of Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes?

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T.S. Eliot Selected Poems

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  1. "T.S. Eliot's unique voice forces his audience to recognise the fragility of the human psyche." Evaluate the above statement with reference to at least TWO of Eliot's poets.

  2. "Our dried voices, when / We whisper together / Are quiet and meaningless." Evaluate how Eliot uses religion in his poetry to explore connections and conflicts.

  3. How has your study of Eliot's poetry altered and expanded your understanding of entrapment? In your response, make detailed reference to at least TWO of the prescribed poems."

  4. "People are half-alive, hungry for any form of spiritual experience." To what extent does this view align with your understanding of Eliot's poetry? In your response, make close reference to your prescribed text. 

  5. Intertextuality plays an essential role in poetry written by T.S. Eliot. Account for the importance of intertextuality within the poems you have studied within this module. 

  6. "Eliot's poetry reinforces the significance of desire through its portrayal of human experience." To what extent do you agree with this statement"

  7. How does Eliot use fragmentation to portray alienation in his poetry? In your response, make detailed reference to at least ONE other poem set for this study.

  8. "T.S. Eliot's poetry explores the conflict between spirituality and the modern world." To what extent do you agree? In your response, make detailed reference to Eliot's poetry.

  9. "An inherent tension between action and resolution is revealed through fragmentation in T.S. Eliot's poetry." To what extent does this interpretation align with your view?

  10. Eliot's poetry explores ideas that are specific to his context but are also universal. Explore his discussion of TWO significant ideas.

  11. "The quality of a text lies not in its ideas but in its construction." To what extent is this true of T.S. Eliot's poetry?

  12. Eliot's poetry has been described as "a disturbing portrait of uncertainty amidst the turmoil of modern life." To what extent does this perspective align with your understanding of Eliot's poetry?

  13. “The Hollow Men (extract). Between the idea / And the reality / Between the motion / And the act / Falls the Shadow / For Thine is the Kingdom / Between the conception / And the creation / Between the emotion / And the response / Falls the Shadow / Life is very long / Between the desire / And the spasm Between the potency / And the existence / Between the essence / And the descent / Falls the Shadow” In what ways does this excerpt reflect the concerns and aesthetic qualities of Eliot’s poetry?

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