Bruce Dawe, Apology for Impatience

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On first reading, this poem seems quite incomprehensible. Out of context, the poem appears to be about love and relationships.

"Apology for Impatience" was written in 1963 (wife dead?) and it was written for Gloria, his wife. Dawe rarely uses a first person persona and it is through his use of the first person persona and the fact that it was written for his wife, that leads me to believe that Dawe was not just making a comment on love, but on his love for Gloria.

Dawe, when asked "What good, finally, does publishing, 'going public', do?" replied "...If we are lonely then it will help us recognize that we are not alone in our loneliness. If we are hopeful, or angry, or loving, or sad, then it will help us see these as universal experiences that proclaim us human..." It is through the context of the relationship Dawe had with Gloria, and this quote that transformed my understanding of his poem "Apology for Impatience". Transforming from that of a poem a

There are many images in the poem of Blossoming, sprouting, climbing and growing but there are none that represent contentment, maturity or a sense of finality, the poem itself ends before it is completed. The last two lines of the poem come the closest to expressing his love for her, but whatever has happened to her has caused the growth of: the poem, his character and his love to end before they had reached maturity.

bout a relationship, to a poem intended as a farewell (or preventing a farewell) and an expression of the inexpressible lost love.

Nature's "blossoming" and "sprouting" reinforces love throughout the poem. The beauty of nature is a reflection on his marriage to Gloria and the beauty she has held throughout her lifetime. "Even waking" suggests the eternal nature of her beauty and his love for her.

"A rainbow" is symbolic of a promise; Dawe is making a biblical allusion where God gave "man" the rainbow as a promise that he would never flood the world again. The rainbow in the po

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Approximate Word count = 676
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)

Category: English

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