• How does poet Les Murray convey ideas about change in Letters to the Winner?

     

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Published: 14.07.2004.
Language: English
Level: Secondary school
Literature: n/a
References: Not used
  • Essays 'How does poet Les Murray convey ideas about change in Letters to the Winner?', 1.
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In the poem, Letters to the winner, there are many different ideas about change and how it influences an individual and also their surroundings. Change is seen as a catalyst for new insights, knowledge and education. However, change is also seen as something which can have different effects on different people, and that change that is perceived as good to one can be seen as something negative to another.
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