Changing Perspectives Create Awakenings

Seeing things from a different point of view can result in an arousal, revival or an epiphany. This is all influenced by one's experience, age, education and mental maturity. Certain composers have encapsulated this statement perfectly through the use of several techniques. Les Murray in his poem "An Absolutely Ordinary Rainbow" uses imagery in his language, whereas Keith D Edwards in his online medical journal article "Death in the emergency department: a not so absolutely ordinary rainbow", uses the metaphor of a 'Ned Kelly suit of armour' to describe what he must go through to protect h…