Douglas Stewart Poetry Study Cards

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“Like an invisible army; but no footfalls move.” “Like a man among the dark trees holding a lantern”	Fireflies Simile Compare the movement of the fireflies to an army and the sheer number of them in unison. It shows the reader that the fireflies are in abundance. They move together, taking over everything. This demonstrates the light that the fireflies produce together as a group.
“But no footfalls move over the soft red dust, no shadow ruffles.”	Fireflies Personification This illustrates to the reader the large number of the fireflies, and that even though they produce light, they leave no mark on earth of their presence.
“But” “But indeed oh indeed.”	Fireflies Tone Shows the wonder of the phenomenon of the fireflies.
“And dipped her toe in weeds and so we caught her.”	Waterlily Personification Giving waterlily a human characteristics and makes the poem sounds more alive. The word ‘Her’ is a reference to mother nature, and gives a beautiful feminine quality to the waterlily.
“There is an angel in the fishpond.” “It wakes its yellow wings above the water.”	Waterlily Metaphor This brings life to the waterlily and describes its interaction with its environment. By comparing and repeating 'angel', Stewart describes the beautiful mystery of the waterlily's perfection having a celestial nature
“Look, look…” “Or say…”	Waterlily Imperative/Tone Introduces features of the waterlily in conversational manner to bring the reader along on the journey of observation. Invites the reader to come see the beauty of the waterlily.
'Perfect' used repetitively	The Snow Gum Beautifully describes and tells the reader of how perfect the snow gum looks like. And how everything about it is perfection. This illustrates that no matter how the surrounding changes, it doesn't change the tree and reinforces it's beauty.
It is the snow-gum silently, in noon's blue and the silvery	The Snow Gum Rhyme This technique creates a relaxed tone and makes the poem flows like a song. The poet uses descriptive language to describe the snow fall onto snow-gum is like miracle. It’s very beautiful.
“Like flakes of soft grey stone.” “And the silver light like ecstasy.”	The Snow Gum Simile This technique builds vision of a snow gum in the reader’s mind by comparing it to the flakes of soft grey stone. The use of the word flake is a direct reference to snow, creating a euphoric image of the snow gum.
“The sea turns green and silver.” “With the same cool colours the same white rushing immensity.”	The Tailor Fisherman Colour Imagery This expresses the sea at dusk and the changing colours it has in winter. The colour ‘silver’ is a precious metal indicating the beauty of the ocean at night.
“Of garfish or mullet and pull like a horse in the breakers.”	The Tailor Fisherman Simile The comparison to a horse in the breakers shows the speed of the fisherman.
“And may be again in the wild white rolling of time.”	The Tailor Fisherman Metaphor Describes the sea as a passage of time. This illustrates the wave that keeps going on in eternity as a passage of time.
"Poor lump of movable clay"	The Wombat Metaphor This metaphor compared the movement of the wombat to clay. Describing that this animal is slow, lazy and don’t move really fast.
“I see the dewdrop trembling upon the rushes.”	The Wombat Personification It shows the heavy abrupt movement of the wombat.
“Old pig, old bear, old bristly and gingery.”	The Wombat Repetition Describing the wombat as slow, weak, but wise.
“And still in a whirring hush of wings the bent old tea-tree flowers.”	The Moths Onomatopoeia Creates strong sound imagery of the moths moving together in a fast motion caressing the branches of the tree.
“Bursting and foaming, spinning and gushing, secret above the stream.”	The Moths Action Verbs Describes the actions and movement of the moths show them as energetic and powerful.
“Storm upon storm of snow-white moths from the midst of its cloud of flowers.”	The Moths Metaphor Building the strong image of the sheer abundance of the moths and their movement together.
“The galaxies swarm like snow.”	The Moths Simile This technique compared the night sky to snow. Builds the strong image of the large number of moths
“Such a blaze of snow, such a smoke of sleet,..”	The Moths Juxtaposition This technique compared two very different words. Cold and heat. It builds the vision of the intensity of the moths.
“Like a pine in the rain”	Lady Feeding the Cats Simile Created an image in the readers’ mind of an old and worn out dress. Visions like these shows that the woman lives in poverty. Pitiful existence
"shuffling along in her broken shoes from the slums"	Lady Feeding the Cats Alliteration Creates flow within the poem and highlights the desperation and poverty of the woman
"Dark...black"	Cave Painting Colour imagery Create an image of darkness and described the cave like a mysterious place. Also a direct link to the colour of the Indigenous people
"Look there is dark hands in the black rock"	Cave Painting Imperative Speaks directly to the reader, make the reader feel involved on the discovery of the cave
"They seem to move"	Cave Painting Personification Gives life to the painting as if it’s really alive and moving. Shows that they just found something rare and precious.

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