Australian Classics: Literature and Film - WHAT TECHNIQUES DO THESE FOUR POEMS USE TO REPRESENT AUSTRALIA’S NATURAL AND BUILT LANDSCAPES? WHY IS THIS SIGNIFICANT?

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[UNTITLED PLAYSCRIPT] - Scene One

Here's my first attempt at writing something in a stageplay format (out side of that script writing class I took last winter). I took a little story idea that I had and decided to try to turn it into a play, which I have no idea is ever going to exist. Anyways, if I ever get this story done, this could look good in a portfolio!

SCENE ONE

FIRE SAFETY

Students of various year levels and an OSHC Staff Member are present in the room.

NARRATOR. It is 2011. Here we are at an Out of School Hours Care building. There has just been a discussion about what to do in the event of a fire and everyone's about to be let off to do their own things.

OSHC STAFF. Now everyone, that was some excellent discussion today and I'm very pleased with your cooperation. That should be about everything important to mention about what to do, but before I let you all go, are there any questions that you want to ask?

Silence.

Poems: I wrote a collection of haikus four hours before submission time closes

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Ev'rywhere I've tried.
No place my mind can stay put
And do as it's told.

While I should have worked,
Instead, I wrote a haiku.
What a waste of time.

It's time to focus.
I will not write a third one.
Don't think about it.

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.