Australian Classics: Literature and Film - Analysis of 'Train Journey' by Judith Wright

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Train Journey by Judith Wright

Glassed with cold sleep and dazzled by the moon,
out of the confused hammering dark of the train
I looked and saw under the moon’s cold sheet
your delicate dry breasts, country that built my heart;

and the small trees on their uncoloured slope
like poetry moved, articulate and sharp
and purposeful under the great dry flight of air,
under the crosswise currents of wind and star.

Clench down your strength, box-tree and ironbark.
Break with your violent root the virgin rock.
Draw from the flying dark its breath of dew
till the unliving come to life in you.

Be over the blind rock a skin of sense,
under the barren height a slender dance…

I woke and saw the dark small trees that burn
suddenly into flowers more lovely than the white moon.

Analysis

Poet Judith Wright wrote Train Journey in 1953. It is a reflection of her experiences riding on trains and homage to the landscape that she sees while travelling. 

Paying more attention to poetry

Since I'm currently taking on a literature course in uni (Australian Classics) and looking into poetry, I might as well talk about it here for activity's sake and share my learning experiences. For a short assignment, I'm going to analyse the poem Train Journey written by Judith Wright. 

I'm already beginning my analysis :D

My tutor hinted at me that this poem may or may not have some sort of rhythm to it, so I'm going to pay some extra attention to that. And since I've considered writing poems could be something I'd do in my spare time someday, it's nice to keep things like that in mind.

Template - Character in combat

A quick template for describing a character in combat!

Approaches To Media: The Mountain Goats’ page on Bandcamp

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Introduction
The Mountain Goats is a South Carolinian based alternative folk band. Formed by John Darnielle who is the lead singer, guitarist, pianist and the only member to be active throughout the entire discography, the band had been active since 1991. There is a page set up for the band on Bandcamp, an online platform for musical artists to distribute their music, as well as a place for fans to directly support their favourite artists. Bandcamp is run by Ethan Diamond who has been active since 2007, the same year that the site was founded. This digital media analysis will cover The Mountain Goats’ page on Bandcamp and will look into the different types of convergence, remediation and audience involved in the page.

Drones (Part 1)

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Purpose

Aster lies down on the earth. Not dead, but he’s lying still enough as if he were. Above him, there towers a huge tree. It looks like it must’ve been quite a crash for him. It must’ve been quite a fall for him, too. But, if you knew one or a few things about Aster, you’d consider this scenario quite strange, in a way. Here we have a young, winged man in armour and yet he’s made himself out to be lower than dirt. We can only assume something rather bad must’ve happened to him just then, aside from him crashing and falling from that tree, and whatever it was, it’s got him waiting for nature to just eat him up already. Swallow him whole like an earthworm does to the dirt. 

Poem: And yet, the Earth still turns

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They die painted with the shame of lethargy

And "ill use of time" writes the words of their grave.

Rotting beneath, honoured only by family,

And no single opus to match with their name.

One day they'll be known by no one who lives

And moments ahead, their preserved thoughts will follow.

Laugh at the ambitious with no work to give,

Whose goals fall victim to the void that swallows.

New notebook alert! :D

May I present to you the notebook containing my favourite snippets from media texts:

Bought from my local Coles and made from recycled paper which is pretty neat.

It includes, and will include snippets from fiction, poetry, songs, films, series, comics/manga, documentaries, video games, and any other media text type that I haven't mentioned. I've got a feeling this will make a pretty good place for inspiration and looking back at some of my favourite passages and whatnot for writing and all that. Here's the first entry: