Quick Lit Bit by margaret a macpherson https://padlet.com/mmac/9iy8vh822n Practising analysis of unfamiliar text: share your thinking about purpose, meaning and techniques. Use ART WARS to help. en-us 2013-10-22 07:32:56 UTC 2017-05-17 03:26:52 UTC hello@padlet.com http://d20uo2axdbh83k.cloudfront.net/20131022/74faca2623e18a81b14b17f1ef5c9bb1.jpg Ms Mac mmac https://padlet.com/mmac/9iy8vh822n/wish/15127195

High Country Weather


Alone we are born

And die alone 

Yet see the red -gold cirrus

Over snow- mountain shine.

Upon the upland road

Ride easy, stranger:

Surrender to the sky

Your heart of anger

B James K Baxter 1948

]]> 2013-10-22 07:42:35 UTC https://padlet.com/mmac/9iy8vh822n/wish/15127195 mm mmac https://padlet.com/mmac/9iy8vh822n/wish/15438852 note the repetition of 'alone'

what does poet mean?

why has he written it like this?

]]> 2013-10-27 07:29:58 UTC https://padlet.com/mmac/9iy8vh822n/wish/15438852 mm mmac https://padlet.com/mmac/9iy8vh822n/wish/15438863
  • note the repetition of 'alone'
  • what does poet mean by this?
  • why did he write it like this?
    • ]]>     2013-10-27 07:31:17 UTC https://padlet.com/mmac/9iy8vh822n/wish/15438863     mm mmac https://padlet.com/mmac/9iy8vh822n/wish/15438871
  • spot the shift from 'we' to 'your'
  • what does this do to POV?
  • what does this do to the tone?
    • ]]>     2013-10-27 07:32:17 UTC https://padlet.com/mmac/9iy8vh822n/wish/15438871     mm mmac https://padlet.com/mmac/9iy8vh822n/wish/15438888
    • identify the compound words
    • meaning?
    • why use these?

    ]]>     2013-10-27 07:34:52 UTC https://padlet.com/mmac/9iy8vh822n/wish/15438888     mm mmac https://padlet.com/mmac/9iy8vh822n/wish/15438904 list egs of contrast:

    ]]>     2013-10-27 07:36:26 UTC https://padlet.com/mmac/9iy8vh822n/wish/15438904     mm mmac https://padlet.com/mmac/9iy8vh822n/wish/15438915 identify figurative language:

    • (tech + eg)
    • means:
    • used to:

    ]]>     2013-10-27 07:37:19 UTC https://padlet.com/mmac/9iy8vh822n/wish/15438915     mm mmac https://padlet.com/mmac/9iy8vh822n/wish/15438934 identify sound techniques:

    • (tech +eg)
    • means:
    • used because:

    ]]>     2013-10-27 07:39:03 UTC https://padlet.com/mmac/9iy8vh822n/wish/15438934     Sara https://padlet.com/mmac/9iy8vh822n/wish/15599492 Changing from 'we' to 'your' suggests that the audience is now not a part of the landscape and no longer considered as a 'land owner'

    ]]>     2013-10-29 20:03:58 UTC https://padlet.com/mmac/9iy8vh822n/wish/15599492     Sara https://padlet.com/mmac/9iy8vh822n/wish/15599687 The repetition of alone suggests that the high country is a very isolated and therefore peaceful landscape

    ]]>     2013-10-29 20:06:42 UTC https://padlet.com/mmac/9iy8vh822n/wish/15599687     Sara https://padlet.com/mmac/9iy8vh822n/wish/15610854 Compound Words
    red-gold

    Snow-mountain

    ]]>     2013-10-30 00:51:20 UTC https://padlet.com/mmac/9iy8vh822n/wish/15610854     Danyelle&Phoebe mmac https://padlet.com/mmac/9iy8vh822n/wish/15898380 Contrast - "Alone we are born and die alone"

    Passage of time - where you start is where you end (Ross)

    ]]>     2013-11-04 20:25:21 UTC https://padlet.com/mmac/9iy8vh822n/wish/15898380     Hannah https://padlet.com/mmac/9iy8vh822n/wish/15898423 metaphor - "heart of anger"

    ]]>     2013-11-04 20:25:57 UTC https://padlet.com/mmac/9iy8vh822n/wish/15898423     Josh https://padlet.com/mmac/9iy8vh822n/wish/15898695 Extended metaphor of dying?

    ]]>     2013-11-04 20:29:26 UTC https://padlet.com/mmac/9iy8vh822n/wish/15898695     Carys, Monica and Grace mmac https://padlet.com/mmac/9iy8vh822n/wish/15898736 Heart of anger - red-gold. Red shows passion, love, caution and anger which is then reinforced later on by 'heart of anger' this suggests how ....?

    ]]>     2013-11-04 20:29:59 UTC https://padlet.com/mmac/9iy8vh822n/wish/15898736     Monica, Carys & Grace mmac https://padlet.com/mmac/9iy8vh822n/wish/15899146 "Ride easy stranger" - calm, surrender and accept. Suggests to take a moment to appreciate the beauty of the weather in the high country and there is something much bigger than ourselves. The physical world is used to convey emotions of the human world.

    ]]>     2013-11-04 20:35:43 UTC https://padlet.com/mmac/9iy8vh822n/wish/15899146     Hannah mmac https://padlet.com/mmac/9iy8vh822n/wish/15900598 Metaphor - "heart of anger"

    ]]>     2013-11-04 20:53:49 UTC https://padlet.com/mmac/9iy8vh822n/wish/15900598