The+Man+from+Snowy+River

**Background information**
====Follow this [|link] for background information on the poem and create 1 discussion question from the information and post it in the discussion section on this page. When you are finished read through other people's questions and choose one to answer in your OneNote page.====

Add to your notes brief information on the climate and terrain in the Snowy Mountains after visiting [|Kosciuszko], [|Australian Alps].

Finally add information on The Legend of Jack Reily to your notes [|Background info]. Who was he? What was his connection to the poem?

Follow this link for the full text of the poem [|Poem]. Remeber... ‘A ballad is a song that is transmitted orally, which tells a story’. (A Glossary of Literary Terms, M.H. Abrahams). The typical ballad contains a number of basic literary devices common to any narrative:
 * The poem**
 * An exposition, a climactic episode, denouement, narrative technique, a main character, possibly dialogue, setting described in
 * detail
 * There is a tendency to idealise or romanticise the subject.
 * The ballad can be incredibly moving, inspirational, or pure entertainment.

Read through the poem as we watch the clip together (You can access it at home)

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 * Poem Analysis**

What is your initial impression of the poem? Did you understand it? Hate it? List some words that you did not understand.

1. The man from Snowy River is described as ‘a stripling’. What image does this conjure up in your mind? Describe how you would expect this person to look (consider age, physical appearance, etc.). 2.List the words used to describe Jim’s horse in stanza 3. 3.Do you think the poem suggests that the descriptions of Jim’s horse also apply to the ‘man from Snowy River’? Why or why not? 4. Identify the words used by Clancy in stanza 5 that construct an image of the ‘mountain men’ for the reader. 5. Do you think the poem suggests that the descriptions of the landscape and the horses also apply to the ‘mountain men’? Why or why not?
 * Questions**

Follow the link to this website [|The Man from Snowy River] and answer the questions on the page about the characteristics of Australians in that time period.
 * Connecting back to our theme**