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Hunting Snake
Hunting Snake
Slide 1 - Introduction
Hunting snake is an autobiographical poem about the
conflict between Man and Nature, the poem represents the
snake as Nature being beautiful and powerful and the
bystanders represented as Man being fascinated but
losing interest as the snake parts through the grass.
Slide 2 Theme
Hunting Snake is a powerful poem where it shows the
conflict between Man and Nature. The reference to the
way the "sun glazed his curves of diamond scale." So
impressive is the snake in fact that the group of walkers
"lost breath" to see him, both through wonder but also
through fear because of the danger he represents.
Slide 3 Language Devices
The poem used a wide range of devices such as similes,
alliteration and metaphors, but the most distinctive device
used was Personification. Throughout the 2nd to the last
Stanza, the snake is being recognized as he or his
making the snake no longer an animal but a person.
Slide 4 Language Devices (2)
The whole poem is an extended metaphor of how Humans
mistreats nature and how ignorance is shown towards it.
Slide 5 Structure of the poem
Hunting Snake is written in a ABAB rhyme scheme except
for the last Stanza, where it represents that the snake is
gone along with the rhyme scheme. The techniques used
for the rhyme scheme was Iambictetrameter, where there
is 8 syllables per line. This poems rhymes because the
autor wants her poem to be memeable, so it is easy to
remember.
Slide 6 Tone
As the poem progresses, it starts off describing the beauty
of nature but escalates to a stressful and tense tone as the
snake appears. Throughout the poem, the snake is being
described as dangerous, powerful and evil where the
bystanders are amazed and baffled.
Slide 7 - Quote 1
The quote He quested through the parting grass shows
that the snake is no longer a snake but a human due to
the use of personification. Quested is also a word used for
a hero, so that the quote implies that Nature is good
where the humans are affecting and destroying nature
with their inhabitance.
Slide 8 The Message
This piece by Judith Wright was basically her conveying
her feelings of awe and fear towards the Snake (Otherwise
known as nature). Although the feelings are mixed, she
still explains how nature can beautiful and vast, but also is
dangerous and unpredictable.
Slide 9 Quote 2
The quote we scarcely thought, still as we stood our eyes
went with him as he went shows that the group of
walkers barely took any thought as the snake passed by,
also linking to how Humans look at nature passing on.
Slide 10 Stanza 1
The author uses words such as sun warmed and
gentlest skies to give us an idea of happiness and
calmness which creates a warm and harmonious
atmosphere.
Slide 11 Stanza 1