Hunting Snake 1v4n15

Hunting Snake Slide 1 - Introduction Hunting snake is an autobiographical poem about the conflict between Man and Nature, the poem represents the snake as Nature being beautiful and powerful and the bystanders represented as Man being fascinated but losing interest as the snake parts through the grass. Slide 2 – Theme Hunting Snake is a powerful poem where it shows the conflict between Man and Nature. The reference to the way the "sun glazed his curves of diamond scale." So impressive is the snake in fact that the group of walkers "lost breath" to see him, both through wonder but also through fear because of the danger he represents. Slide 3 – Language Devices The poem used a wide range of devices such as similes, alliteration and metaphors, but the most distinctive device used was Personification. Throughout the 2nd to the last Stanza, the snake is being recognized as “he” or “his” making the snake no longer an animal but a person. Slide 4 – Language Devices (2) The whole poem is an extended metaphor of how Humans mistreats nature and how ignorance is shown towards it. Slide 5 – Structure of the poem Hunting Snake is written in a ABAB rhyme scheme except for the last Stanza, where it represents that the snake is gone along with the rhyme scheme. The techniques used for the rhyme scheme was Iambictetrameter, where there is 8 syllables per line. This poems rhymes because the autor wants her poem to be memeable, so it is easy to .

Slide 6 – Tone As the poem progresses, it starts off describing the beauty of nature but escalates to a stressful and tense tone as the snake appears. Throughout the poem, the snake is being described as dangerous, powerful and evil where the bystanders are amazed and baffled. Slide 7 - Quote 1 The quote “He quested through the parting grass” shows that the snake is no longer a snake but a human due to the use of personification. Quested is also a word used for a hero, so that the quote implies that Nature is good where the humans are affecting and destroying nature with their inhabitance. Slide 8 – The Message This piece by Judith Wright was basically her conveying her feelings of awe and fear towards the Snake (Otherwise known as nature). Although the feelings are mixed, she still explains how nature can beautiful and vast, but also is dangerous and unpredictable. Slide 9 – Quote 2 The quote “we scarcely thought, still as we stood our eyes went with him as he went” shows that the group of walkers barely took any thought as the snake ed by, also linking to how Humans look at nature ing on. Slide 10 – Stanza 1 The author uses words such as “sun warmed” and “gentlest skies” to give us an idea of happiness and calmness which creates a warm and harmonious atmosphere. Slide 11 – Stanza 1

Then the snake appears, which shifts into a tense and stressed tone, when she says, “froze half through a pace”. The word “black” also gives us an idea of darkness and something evil Slide 12 – Stanza 2 For the second Stanza, the author uses positive and negative adjectives again to create an imagery to describe the Snake, as if the creature can cause negative and positive impressions in the same time. Slide 13 – Stanza 2 (2) Quote The quote “sun glazed his curves of diamond scale” tells us that the scales of the snake are precious, beautiful, hard and refined just like the diamond. Relating to nature meaning that Nature is beautiful and precious. Diamond also meaning hard, which can relate to nature being strong Slide 14 – Stanza 3 In stanza 3, it describes how the walkers are scared as the snake es by; the snake is being described as “fierce” meaning that the snake is powerful and wild and the situation intensifies. Slide 15 – Stanza 4 The mood changes in stanza 4 as the snake leaves the scene, the line “cold, dark and splendid”, where 2 negative and 1 positive adjectives is used shows that the snake is beautiful but wild in the same time. Slide 16 – The conflict in depth Taking the conflict of man and nature into depth, the text shows how humans act ignorant towards nature linking to the quote “we took a deeper breath of day. Looked at each

other, and went on” meaning that Humans don’t respect nature. Slide 17 – How the snake is described The snake being described throughout the poem was a mixture of positive and negative adjectives where the snake is being called “beautiful and splendid” but “Dark and cold” giving off mixed feelings for the snakes. Slide 18 – Application to the subject (Nature) So when the adjectives “Beautiful, splendid, dark and cold” being applied to Nature, it describes nature to be Beautiful but dangerous (eg. Natural Disasters). The author describes nature to be mysterious and unpredictable which brings out the beauty of it.k Slide 19 – Intention of the poem The author of this poem intended for the audience to change their ways of treating nature, to help improve the environment, for example, to improve the littering problem and to help to prevent global warming. Slide 20 –Author Judith wright who was an Australian poet and environmentalist was born on 1915 at Armadale, New South Wales but grew up at Brisbane and Sydney and died at 2000 at the age of 85. Judith Wright composed Hunting Snake as a awareness of nature and its beauty.