Want to create interactive content? It’s easy in Genially!
ON THE MOVE
Ines Ismael
Created on October 7, 2023
Start designing with a free template
Discover more than 1500 professional designs like these:
Transcript
Thom Gunn
07/10/2023
Ismael Ines, Laurent Célestin, Malanda Max, Chabe-Genau Benjamin
On the Move
03. Form
02. Subject
01. Short biography
05. Line by Line analysis
07. The creative part
08. Quiz!!!
06. Analysis of the feelings
04. Themes and Feeling
Index
1929-2004
01.
Thom Gunn
Who was Thom Gunn?
- Born in Gravesend, Kent
- Happy early childhood, but mother committed suicide after her divorce in 1977
- Cambridge english graduate
- Moved to San Francisco in the 60's with his life long lover Mike Kitay
- Won major literary awards for his best poems which had a compact philosophical elegance
What is the Poem about ?
Loremipsum
+ info
+ info
+ info
Loremipsum
Loremipsum
02. Subject
Why was it written?
When was it written?
Narration
Where is it set?
Who features in the poem?
What features in the poem?
03.
On the MoveThom Gunn
Form
- Movement
- Identity/ Self-Discovery
- Nature
- Alienation
- Morality
- Death
- Family
06.
Themes and Feelings
How is the biker lifestyle portrayed as a potential answer to the human quest for meaning?
Lexical field of movement (especially aerial): creates a lively environment Reinforced by important presence of the f sound, reminds movement in bushes Nature is "on the move" Introduction of human life with "one" referring to humans Slower, uncertain life in contrast to nature's : shows poet isn't satisfied with the way humans live
07.
The blue jay scuffling in the bushes followsSome hidden purpose, and the gust of birdsThat spurts across the field, the wheeling swallows,Has nested in the trees and undergrowth.Seeking their instinct, or their poise, or both,One moves with an uncertain violenceUnder the dust thrown by a baffled senseOr the dull thunder of approximate words.
Analysis: 1st stanza
Introduction of the riders: impressive, imposing description and arrival Glorified: main event of those lines is their arrival Comparison bike/thunder Lexical field of luxury, victory Beginning of analysis of their mindset in the end & meaning of their behavior
On motorcycles, up the road, they come:Small, black, as flies hanging in heat, the Boys,Until the distance throws them forth, their humBulges to thunder held by calf and thigh.In goggles, donned impersonality,In gleaming jackets trophied with the dust,They strap in doubt – by hiding it, robust –And almost hear a meaning in their noise.
07.
Analysis: 2nd stanza
Questioning of the meaning behind their actions Again, uncertainty of life (1st stanza) --> Thrill of speed could help them find meaning: like the birds, always on the move Riding gives meaning to their life Harmony with nature, must be accepted Metaphor of life/future as a road, works especially for riders Embodies the quest for meaning of post-war writing
07.
Exact conclusion of their hardinessHas no shape yet, but from known whereaboutsThey ride, direction where the tyres press.They scare a flight of birds across the field:Much that is natural, to the will must yield.Men manufacture both machine and soul,And use what they imperfectly controlTo dare a future from the taken routes.
Analysis: 3rd stanza
"Solution" refers to quest for meaning: here an answer Anaphora to enumerate solutions Here rejecting conflict: mankind can choose, doesn't have beast instincts -->They can thus choose to move: riders "Valueless" both meanings
It is a part solution, after all. One is not necessarily discord On earth; or damned because, half animal, One lacks direct instinct, because one wakes Afloat on movement that divides and breaks. One joins the movement in a valueless world, Choosing it, till, both hurler and the hurled, One moves as well, always toward, toward.
07.
Analysis: 4th stanza
Unit of time: short stops, always on the move: shown by their departure right after the first part Departure/movement referenced again, towns as mere points of passage Choose their own way of life as an answer for the quest for meaning Again metaphor biker/bird Powerful last 3 lines sum up poem and biker lifestyle
A minute holds them, who have come to go:The self-defined, astride the created willThey burst away; the towns they travel throughAre home for neither bird nor holiness,For birds and saints complete their purposes.At worst, one is in motion; and at best,Reaching no absolute, in which to rest,One is always nearer by not keeping still.
07.
Analysis: 5th stanza
Thank youfor your attention
Any questions?