Discovery v 2 by Sean McGee Hicks on Flickr. Original link: https://flic.kr/p/9uUoa
since feeling is first- E E CUMMINGS
Analysis
This poem deals with the audience discovering something about life through its composition:
This poem deals with the audience discovering something about life through its composition:
- The poem allows "Students (to) consider the ways composers may invite them to experience discovery through their texts and explore how the process of discovering is represented using a variety of language modes, forms and features" and " how the composer’s choice of language modes, forms, features and structure shapes representations of discovery and discovering"
punishment- seamus heaney
Discovery aspects covered:
- Discoveries can be sudden and unexpected
- Discoveries can also be confronting and provocative. They can lead us to new worlds and values, stimulate new ideas
- Discoveries can be fresh and intensely meaningful in ways that may be emotional, creative, intellectual, physical and spiritual.
- An individual’s discoveries and their process of discovering can vary according to personal, cultural, historical and social contexts and values. The impact of these discoveries can be far-reaching and transformative for the individual and for broader society.
mid term break - seamus heaney
Discovery aspects covered:
- Discoveries can be sudden and unexpected
- Discoveries can also be confronting and provocative.
- Discoveries can be fresh and intensely meaningful in ways that may be emotional, creative, intellectual, physical and spiritual.
escape- nina cassian (from "at the round earth's imagined corners" multicultural anthology)
In this poignant poem, the persona conveys her escape from an addictive relationship as she experiences a moment of enlightenment when she realises her life is being consumed. This moment of discovery allows her to awake to her inner life even if no one else seemed to care or support her after the breakup.
Discovery aspects covered:
Discovery aspects covered:
- Discoveries can be sudden and unexpected
- Discoveries can also be confronting and provocative.
- Discoveries can be fresh and intensely meaningful in ways that may be emotional, creative, intellectual, physical and spiritual.
cinderella- gwen strauss (FROM "AT THE ROUND EARTH'S IMAGINED CORNERS" MULTICULTURAL ANTHOLOGY EDITED BY KEN WATSON )
Ideas on discovery explored include:
- Discovery can encompass the experience of discovering something for the first time
- Discoveries can be fresh and intensely meaningful in ways that may be emotional, creative, intellectual, physical and spiritual
- They can lead us to new worlds and values, stimulate new ideas
- Discoveries and discovering can offer new understandings and renewed perceptions of others and ourselves. Discoveries may be questioned or challenged when viewed from different perspectives and their worth may be reassessed over time.
- By exploring the concept of discovery, students can understand how texts have the potential to affirm or challenge individuals’ or more widely-held assumptions and beliefs about aspects of human experience and the world.
- Through composing and responding to a wide range of texts, students may make discoveries about people, relationships, societies and events and generate new ideas.
- Students consider the ways composers may invite them to experience discovery through their texts and explore how the process of discovering is represented using a variety of language modes, forms and features.
LISTENING TO MICHAEL JACKSON IN TEHRAN - ALI ALIZADEH (FROM "THIRTY AUSTRALIAN POETS" EDITED BY FELICITY PLUNKETT)
This anthology is highly recommended as it brings out some of the best contemporary Australian poetry. Synopsis here.
Some Ideas on discovery explored in this poem include:
Some Ideas on discovery explored in this poem include:
- Discovery can encompass the experience of discovering something for the first time
- Discoveries can be fresh and intensely meaningful in ways that may be emotional, intellectual and physical
- They can lead us to new worlds and values, stimulate new ideas
- Discoveries and discovering can offer new understandings and renewed perceptions of others and ourselves. Discoveries may be questioned or challenged when viewed from different perspectives
- By exploring the concept of discovery, students can understand how texts have the potential to affirm or challenge individuals’ or more widely-held assumptions and beliefs about aspects of human experience and the world.
- Through composing and responding to a wide range of texts, students may make discoveries about people, relationships, societies and events and generate new ideas.