The Bunyip and The whistling kettle
Analysing 'The Bunyip and the whistling kettle' written by the Australian poet John ManifoldThe poem 'The Bunyip and the whistling kettle' was written by the modern Australian poet John Manifold. He is telling the story of a modern camper who goes into the bush oblivious to the danger in the area. He does not know what the bush is really like and is too careless in what he does which eventually leads to him being attacked in the 'bunyip-haunted creek'.The poet suggests that the bush is no place for people who are too attached to modern convinces and that going into the bush alone and with little knowledge of the area and basic survival skills is unwise and dangerous. We can clearly see that the camper did not do much research in choosing where to camp as he settles 'near a bunyip-haunted creek.' He also is unable to survive even five minutes in the bush without modern devices. He came in a 'nasty little car' instead of walking and we are told that 'he did not live on tea and damper But took a little stove along.' The poet suggests that he has ruined the purpose of coming into the bush as the bush is natural and people normally go to the bush to be close to nature. Instead 'this sacrilegious stranger' brings 'gadgets' to the b
It is plain to see that the poet can't see any subs!titute for knowledge and intuition. A good poem or novel is one that you can read time and time again finding new meanings and messages that you didn't see before. The poem also uses casual language which shows us that the poet really does know about the Australian bush. When I went to read it over again I began to see that there was more to the poem that first meets the eye. This gives the reader the impression that the kettle had been with its master a long time and that he had used it a lot. The kettle is shown to have human qualities with its ability to 'guess' and 'scream'. He shows us that if people rely too much on technology than they will miss the obvious and could find them selves in serious danger. ' The only way we could tell it was a bunyip was that earlier it mentioned 'a bunyip haunted creek' and that bunyip was mentioned in the title. The speaker does not actually say in the po!em that the bunyip was the one who killed the camper, instead the speaker observes that ' A ripple broke against the shingle, And dark with blood it met the moon. I personally liked this poem and found it entertaining when I first read it. ------------------------------------------------------------------------**Bibliography**. They help to empathise what the author feels and to tell the author things without using hundreds of words to describe it. This proves that must be a good poem if someone with an attitude like mine can enjoy it. The poem is organised in stanzas that are sets of four lines. I normally hate Australian poetry about the bush and avoid reading it at all costs.
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