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Arts & Humanities: Poetry: “Question: Can you please point out two themes in this poem titled 'Weapons Training' by Bruce Dawe? (meaning two words that represent this poem)?” plus 3 more

Arts & Humanities: Poetry: “Question: Can you please point out two themes in this poem titled 'Weapons Training' by Bruce Dawe? (meaning two words that represent this poem)?” plus 3 more


Question: Can you please point out two themes in this poem titled 'Weapons Training' by Bruce Dawe? (meaning two words that represent this poem)?

Posted: 31 Aug 2014 04:51 PM PDT

An Australian poet's writing on how war is dehumanisng and degrading

And when I say eyes right I want to hear
those eyeballs click and the gentle pitter-patter
of falling dandruff you there what's the matter
why are you looking at me are you a queer?
look to your front if you had one more brain
it'd be lonely what are you laughing at
you in the back row with the unsightly fat
between your elephant ears open that drain
you call a mind and listen remember first
the cockpit drill when you go down be sure
the old crown-jewels are safely tucked away what could be more
distressing than to hold off with a burst
from your trusty weapon a mob of the little yellows
only to find back home because of your position
your chances of turning the key in the ignition
considerably reduced? allright now suppose
for the sake of argument you've got
a number-one blockage and a brand-new pack
of Charlies are coming at you you can smell their rotten
fish-sauce breath hot on the back
of your stupid neck allright now what
are you going to do about it? that's right grab and check
the magazine man it's not a woman's tit
worse luck or you'd be set too late you nit
they're on you and your tripes are round your neck
you've copped the bloody lot just like I said
and you know what you are? You're dead, dead, dead

Question: What type of rhyme is this?

Posted: 31 Aug 2014 03:52 PM PDT

In the literary sense, I wanna know what kind of rhyme it is to rhyme more than one word with just one word in the next line. I'll give examples.

"Along came a [spider]
Who sat down [beside her]." -Little Miss Muffet.

"Here's a little somethin' bout a [***** like me]
Never shoulda been let out the [penitentiary]." - Appetite for Destruction.

When I say the literary sense, I mean things like true rhyme, end rhyme, terza rima, cuplets, etc.

Question: Need help with a title for my poem!?

Posted: 31 Aug 2014 03:40 PM PDT

Hi everyone!

I am writing a poem, but I cannot think of a title. The poem is basically based off of a dream. This person wakes up (in their dream, so technically they are still asleep, but they don't know that). They start to hear noises from downstairs. They go to see what it is, but as soon as they open their bedroom door the noises stop. The person closes their door and the noises immediately start again. The person feels as if they are going insane.

What would be a good title?

Thanks!

Question: Garrett is reading his favorite poem. He loves the poem because it has several levels of meaning, both literal and symbolic?

Posted: 31 Aug 2014 02:57 PM PDT

Garrett is reading his favorite poem. He loves the poem because it has several levels of meaning, both literal and symbolic?

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