Hearts & Partners
Introduction: The purpose of this seminar presentation is to analyse a poems feature content, theme and style and to deliver an interesting and informative analysis of a chosen poem. The poem chosen for today's presentation is "Woman to Man" by a respected Australian poet, Judith Wright, who is better known as a conservationist and campaigner for aboriginal rights.Judith Wright was born in 1915 and recently died in 2000 at the age of 85. Judith was well known for translating the Australian experience into poetry, which led to her best work. The title of her poem allows it to be read by either man or female.Judith Wright wrote "Woman to Man" for her husband whilst she was pregnant with their child. Wright's main purpose in writing "Woman to Man" was to convey her true feelings about the formation of her soon to be born baby. As her husband was her main intended target audience Judith Wright wished to express her feelings about the child they had created while it was growing and ever changing inside of her.Judith Wright was very brave in writing "Woman to Man" as it was published in 1949 when
In the second stanza in lines five to ten, Judith confirms that their love is fruitful. Structure: "Woman to Man" is four stanzas long with 20 lines, 5 per stanza. Symbolism: Judith Wright used the poetic device of symbolism in stanza three which truly shows the joy of creation that exists between woman and man. In the first stanza in line four the child "foresees the unimagined light"; it foresees the unimagined light of life because the embryo can't possibly understand something which it has never experienced before. This stanza has an intense image that implicitly shows the violence that occurs in labor as the child's head pushes against the neck of the womb. With Judith Wright's suggestive imagery the potential threats which exist in childbirth are showed to the reader. However the main theme prevalent throughout the whole poem is of female sexuality, spotlighting sex as a symbol of life, or death if the pregnancy fails. This stanza shows a suggestive image of sperm finding its way to the ovum. * THEMES: This poem has many important themes that were explored such as love, relationships, fertility, birth, intimacy, sensuality, wonder, intensity, perennial, poignancy, insight and an honest optimism the female has for the joy of creation that exists between woman and man. The use of alliteration in the first stanza "the selfless, shapeless seed I hold" adds to the gradual increase of confidence which refers to the pain and stress which is building up until conception of her child. "This is the strength that your arm knows, the arc of flesh that is my breast, the precise crystals of our eyes. The word "crystal" in the third stanza suggests the image of light diffracting through the crystal to produce many colours of the rainbow. * LANGUAGE USE: Imagery: Nature associated words such as "seed", "wild tree", "rose" and "crystal" were all used to help show the image of creation and birth. Conclusion: "Woman to Man" by Judith Wright shows the joyous relationship a woman has with her husband and her baby, it has strong themes and messages of female sexuality, spotlighting sex as a symbol of life, or death if the pregnancy fails.
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