Haikus I Have Written
Haikus by Other Authors
Henry Lawson's 'Rain in the Mountains'
The valley's full of misty cloud,
Its tinted beauty drowning, The Eucalypti roar aloud, The mountain fronts are frowning. The mist is hanging like a pall From many granite ledges, And many a little waterfall Starts o'er the valley's edges. The sky is of a leaden grey, Save where the north is surly, The driven daylight speeds away, And night comes o'er us early. But, love, the rain will pass full soon, Far sooner than my sorrow, And in a golden afternoon The sun may set to-morrow. |
1. This poem suggests that the speaker is Henry Lawson himself. It makes you think that in this poem he is speaking to someone that may be there with him. This is shown in the 4th stanza in the 1st and 2nd lines.
2. Some of the themes in this poem are; nature, sadness, love and happiness. The nature theme in this is used in stanzas 1 to 3. Henry Lawson has also reflected his emotions that he may have been feeling while writing the poem or looking at the landscape that he wrote the poem about. The sadness aspect is used throughout the poem & the love aspect is mostly used in the 4th stanza. 3. This poem's setting is the bush. This is shown in stanzas 1 to 3. An example of the setting is "The mountain fronts are frowning" 4. The poem doesn't specifically feature a character but, it sounds as though the speaker, Henry Lawson is talking to someone he loves. We get the impression of this in the 4th stanza in the 1st line where he has written "But, love, the rain will pass full soon," 5. Three lines that feature verbs in this poem are: a. "It's tinted beauty drowning,". In this line the beauty of the valley is drowning in misty cloud. b."The mist is hanging like a pall". In this line the mist is hanging like a dark cloud of smoke. c."The driven daylight speeds away,". In this line the night is approaching quickly. 6. Some of the images that I can see when I read this poem are; Eucalypti blowing in fierce wind, bright orange, pink and yellow sunsets and thick fog. 7. I think that this poem is about love, sadness, the bush and how his moods are reflected onto the landscape surrounding him. |
Tree Grave- Oodgeroo Noonuccal
River Poems I Have Made
Shakespearean Sonnet Number 27
Weary with toil, I haste me to my
bed,
The dear repose for limbs with travel tired; But then begins a journey in my head, To work my mind, when body's work's expired: For then my thoughts, from far where I abide, Intend a zealous pilgrimage to thee, And keep my drooping eyelids open wide, Looking on darkness which the blind do see Save that my soul's imaginary sight Presents thy shadow to my sightless view, Which, like a jewel hung in ghastly night, Makes black night beauteous and her old face new. Lo! thus, by day my limbs, by night my mind, For thee and for myself no quiet find. |
1. 5 words from this Sonnet that I don't know from this poem are:
a) Toil: hard and continuous work. b) Repose: peace, tranquillity calm. c) Zealous: ardently active, devoted, or diligent. d) Pilgrimage: any long journey e) Lo: look, see. 2. When Shakespeare says, "Weaey with toil, I haste me to my bed..." he means, Tired with hard and continuous work I go quickly to my bed. 3. When Shakespeare says "then begins a journey in my head, to work my mind", and that his thoughts "intend a zealous pilgrimmage", he means that when he falls asleep he dreams an active dream about wanting to go to someone that is far away, quickly. 4. The language technique used in the following quote; "...my soul's imaginary sight presents thy shadow... like a jewel hung in ghastly night..." is a simile. |