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The poetry of Sylvia Plath and Bruce Dawe differ considerably in style, context and language, yet offer unique perceptions of the issues surrounding society and themselves. Born two years apart in different countries, both poets demonstrated great promise and talent at a very young age, especially Plath who regarded herself as, ‘dangerously brainy.’ Their talent has been recognised with many awards and scholarships, yet both poet’s received international fame from their late poetry. Dawe’…

…and reveals there nature to others, without overstating or sentimentalising it. Dawe’s poem “Homecoming” looks at the casualties of the Vietnam War, a critical political issue surfacing at the time, with great debate and criticism. Dawe and Plath employ a range of poetic devices in their poems “Homecoming” and “The Arrival of the Beebox” respectively, that distinguish Dawe as the poet of people and Plath as an enigma to the reader. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography** None