Night-Ride single work   poetry   "Faster speed we through the bracken,"
Issue Details: First known date: 1917... 1917 Night-Ride
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Notes

  • The metaphor of furious horse-riding is used to express the force of passion.

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    y separately published work icon The Bulletin vol. 38 no. 1931 15 February 1917 Z622324 1917 periodical issue 1917 pg. 3
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    y separately published work icon Songs of Love and Life Zora Cross , Sydney : Angus and Robertson , 1917 Z243809 1917 selected work poetry Sydney : Angus and Robertson , 1917 pg. 140-141
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    y separately published work icon The Oxford Book of Australian Love Poems Jennifer Strauss (editor), Melbourne : Oxford University Press , 1993 Z203381 1993 anthology poetry war literature satire humour romance Melbourne : Oxford University Press , 1993 pg. 55-56
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    y separately published work icon The Oxford Book of Australian Women's Verse Susan Lever (editor), South Melbourne : Oxford University Press , 1995 Z566500 1995 anthology poetry biography South Melbourne : Oxford University Press , 1995 pg. 61-62
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    y separately published work icon Australian Verse : An Oxford Anthology John Leonard (editor), Melbourne : Oxford University Press , 1998 Z461207 1998 anthology poetry (taught in 1 units) A thorough survey of poetry by Australians in English, beginning with a selection of contemporary work by younger poets, and going backward in time to the early colonial period. In addition to poems in the literary tradition, it indudes performance poetry, convict songs and old bush ballads. An extensive selection has been provided from the work of five major twentieth-century poets: Les Murray, Gwen Harwood, Judith Wright, A.D. Hope and Kenneth Slessor. Several features are provided to assist the reader: the date of first publication of each poem is provided; footnotes explain unfamiliar words and allusions; and brief biographical notes assist in locating each poet in his or her place in time. Melbourne : Oxford University Press , 1998 pg. 274-275
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