John Foulcher's Poetry

The Learning Curve
1. Character based
2. An affectionate or forgiving look at the myriad of faces and voices in the school community
3. Character/s Study
  1. Anna
    1. bright
    2. arrogant
    3. cruel
    4. An adolescent acting and learning as an adult
    5. In the poem, "Anna Flies Home", she describes that one must make the most of life.
      1. Helicopter view
      2. "But everything was cold" - a direct allusion to snow. An indirect allusion to the realization that she can't have everything
  2. The ESL teacher
    1. An adult that acts and learns like an adolescent
      1. Juxtaposition to Anna
      2. Naïve
    2. Wants to reclaim an adolescence she has never had...whilst, ironically, tearing away Stephan's adolescence
    3. In the poem, "The ESL Teacher Talks of Senior Boys", she says, "they snuggle up to every word I say." This implies that she wants the boys to be snuggling up to her.
      1. Breaking boundaries
An "imagist"
1. His theme...is a skeptical faith, complemented by the uneasiness of domesticity. It is the heroism of the modern, isolated individual - man or woman.
School's are communities, and communities are complex places. We have to get along, and we have to forgive each other (Foulcher, 27th May, 2013)
Each one of his characters has a different "rhythm" and voice.

Resource summary

	Created by Cameron Langfield almost 11 years ago