The Simple Gift and Little Sparrow

In Steven Herricks verse novel, The Simple Gift, our protagonists exist signifi rumpt transition as they go finished assorted situations in their lives which in deliberate results in a channelise for the better. Transition however doesnt invariably happen so quickly, it whoremaster take a farseeing journey for one to sustain change. The poems, Westfield creek and Value, represents the transition do by billystick end-to-end the time hed spent disc all overing a reinvigorated lifestyle, new flecks and new people. The poems incorporate a sorting of techniques in order to successfully imply the transition that has occurred with billy club. The primary(prenominal) theme of transition indoors these two poems is the change of Billys values.\nThe poem Westfield brook portrays Billys perplexity and appreciation for the place which can be evidently seen through the language techniques social functiond. One of them is the use of repetition of the word and as Billy communica tes his love for Westfield creek, he says I love this place, I love the flow of arctic clear urine over the rocks, and the wattles on the bank, and the lizards sunbaking, and the birds, hundreds of them, silver-eyes, currawongs and kookaburras laughing at us kids swinging on the rope and dropping into the spanking flow.\nThis repetition indicates that there is a lot about the Westfield Creek that he is fond of. He first declares that he loves the place and continues into a deeper description as to why he does. He uses adjectives to express the details he remembers about the things at Westfield Creek such as the water which is a symbol of sinlessness and happiness as Billy feels at peace disbursement time by the creek. personification is also used as Billy defined the animals that were seen and perceive at the creek such as lizards sunbaking and birds laughing. This indicates that Billy views them as to being alike with humans. He places value on these animals and he describ es them in a centering as if they are his friends, it expresses to us that Bil...