HSC Module C

Question 1

TRAIN JOURNEY

Explain poetry

Answer 1

Articulate, sharp and purposeful

Question 2

TRAIN JOURNEY

Symbolism

Answer 2

Glasses

Question 3

TRAIN JOURNEY

Sexual Imagry

Answer 3

Break your violent root the virgin rock

Question 4

TRAIN JOURNEY

Metaphor

Answer 4

I woke and saw the dark small tree… Burn suddenly into flower more lovely than the white moon

Question 5

HAWTHORN HEDGE

Tense Shift

Answer 5

Her hands were strong in the earth vs she will hide away

Question 6

HAWTHORN HEDGE

Metaphor

Answer 6

Grindstone Heart

Question 7

HAWTHORN HEDGE

Simile/ Symbolism

Answer 7

It is twice as tall as the ride on the tall mare

Hungry Ridge

Question 8

FLAME TREE IN A QUARRY

Personification

Answer 8

Broken bone of the hill

Question 9

FLAME TREE IN A QUARRY

Synathesia

Answer 9

I drink you with my sight

Question 10

FOR NEW ENGLAND

Answer 10

Double tree

Question 11

THE WINDOW

Symbolism

Answer 11

The window

Disconnectedness

Question 12

THE WINDOW

Beauty and revitalising effect

Answer 12

Vibrant colours and calm tone

Question 13

THE WINDOW

Juxtaposition

Answer 13

Beauty, lush landscape vs chaotic crowed image

Question 14

THE WINDOW

Motif

Answer 14

Barrier

Question 15

THE WINDOW

Truncated sentence

Answer 15

We can make a difference

Question 16

Judith Wright Context

Answer 16

Australia born
New England Area
Grew up on a farm
Deep connection with the land
Met people with different views 
Moved to QLD
Moved to Canberra 
Poem inspired by events that happened