2. In “speaking for those who have no means of speaking”, Dawe has succeeded in writing poetry that has universal appeal. Discuss Dawe’s achievements in terms of this appeal. In “Homecoming”, poet Bruce Dawe uses vivid visual and aural poetic techniques to construct his attitudes towards war. He creates a specifically Australian cultural context where soldiers have been fighting in a war in Vietnam, and the dead bodies flown home. However the poem has universal …showed first 75 words of 1188 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1188 total…be said to be “speaking for those who have no means of speaking” in the way he presents the attitudes of the silent, dead soldiers being flown home from Vietnam. With the aid of aural and visual poetic techniques he arouses sympathy, carefully manipulating the audience to reflect upon his own views towards war. In this way, Dawe has created a poem that is uniquely Australian, presenting issues of global concern and generating universal appeal.