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Poem) News Break - Presentation
Poem) News Break - Presentation
BREAK
Max
Fatchen
Authors Background
Name
: Max Fatchen
Born : Australia (1920
2012)
Job : Journalist
Authors Background
Achievements:
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Voice
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Persona : A mother.
Tone : Bewildered
Irony : In general, a
mother should happy
when her child behave.
However, in this poem
bewildered by it.
SETTING
At
home.
Language structure
1.
Repetition
2.
Question mark
Imagery
The
sudden kiss
Clean face
Struck by lightning
Loving and darling child
Doing some little jobs
Neat clothes
Save luncheon money
No shouting
No childish behaviour
Atmosphere/mood
Bewildered
mood
Figures of speech
Metaphor
Today,
Sound
1.
Rhythm
2.
Alliteration
3.
Kiss-this
Crease-cease
Treble-rebel
verse
No regular rhythm
No rhyme with fixed forms.
Moral values
Be
Themes
1.
Parents responsibility
2.
3.
Honesty