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Judith Wright - Flame Tree in a Quarry
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Flame Tree in a Quarry
- Judith Wright
The Title:
Flame Tree in a Quarry
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THE TITLE
Flame Tree
Widely tolerant tree. Prefers moist soil. Has nectar in the flower.
Flame Tree
Sense of hope as, even in harsh conditions, it is able to grow.
Quarry
A place, typically a large, deep pit, from which stone or other materials are or have been extracted.
Quarry
Lines 1 & 2:
From the broken bone of the hill
stripped and left for dead,
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LINES 1 & 2
Personification: showing harsh conditions nature faces due to negative human impact.
From the broken bone of the hill
Line 1
Since it is a mine, humans extract materials
stripped and left for dead
Line 2
Irony as extracting invaluable items for humans but very valuable for nature.
Lines 3 & 4:
like a wrecked skull,
leaps out this bush of blood.
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LINES 3 & 4
Biblical allusion to Golgotha
Golgotha-" place of the skull"
- hill shaped like a skull in Jerusalem.
like a wrecked skull,
Line 3
blood is a life giving source
personification
Line 2
leaps out this bush of blood.
referring to flame tree basis of nature.
the burning bush in the Bible, a sign of regeneration.
Symbolizes growth and regeneration.
Lines 5 & 6
Out of the torn earth's mouth
comes the old cry of praise.
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LINES 5 & 6
Personification: Evokes the cruelty of human impact upon the environment
Out of the torn earth's mouth
Line 5
Metaphor to a victory song, sung by mother earth to rejoice that despite its suffering, she still stands strong
comes the old cry of praise.
Line 6
Lines 7 & 8
Still is the song made flesh -
though the singer dies -
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LINES 7 & 8
Nature is compared to Jesus as Jesus sacrificed his life for us just as nature sacrifices for us
Biblical Allusion to Jesus "Word made flesh"
Still is the song made flesh -
Line 7
personified. giving life to song. renewal and sense of new life in landscape.
though the singer dies -
Line 8
Lines 9 & 10
flesh of the world's delight,
voice of the world's desire,
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LINES 9 & 10
mistreat the land for our own goods.
flesh of the world's delight,
Line 9
Even though Flame Tree is not being nurtured for, it nurtures and gives us a role model.
voice of the world's desire,
Line 10
Even in negative conditions, you have to move on and persevere like the tree.
Lines 11 & 12
I drink you with my sight
and I am filled with fire.
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LINES 11 & 12
I drink you with my sight
Line 11
and I am filled with fire.
Line 12
Lines 13 & 14
Out of the very wound
springs up this scarlet breath -
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LINES 13 & 14
link to torn earth's mouth
Out of the very wound
Line 13
positive connotation of nature always growing. Soon take up the place of quarry
springs up this scarlet breath -
Line 14
Lines 15 & 16
this fountain of hot joy,
this living ghost of death.
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LINES 15 & 16
contradicting as fountain is cool and calm but hot seen as raging
this fountain of hot joy,
Line 15
Oxymoron
this living ghost of death.
Line 16
Flame Tree is the living ghost in the Quarry
Ideas
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IDEAS
IDEAS
- No destruction for nature
- Humans negative impact on nature
- Reflection of self
- Sense of hope in adversity