English Literature Writing Guide - University of Edinburgh.
Back to Melbourne is a poem by Komninos speaking in bohemian voice and language. He wrote in first person to allude the fact he was once a melbournian (even if he currently is) and he was finding his past.Komninos poetry for some seems difficult, for the. close analysis of the text can be challenging for the. Standard student who cannot grasp the impact of the. use of lower case, the lack of punctuation, the use of. free verse and the colloquial approach to language.Komninos Zervos has been performing poetry since 1980, and doing it professionally since 1985. He’s performed all over the place including the National Folk Festival, Brisbane Livid Festival, had a residency on Triple J and most recently featured at La Mama Poetic and Melbourne Spoken Word’s VCA Slam.
While most of you have already had experience of essay writing, it is important to realise that essay writing at University level may be different from the practices you have so far encountered. The aim of this tutorial is to discuss what is required of an English Literature essay at University level, including: 1.Back in the old school days of the early 1980s, when rap meant Grandmaster Flash and Kurtis Blow, Melbourne-born performance poet Komninos Zervos was already performing his own quirky take on the genre. His primary influence though was closer to home — his grandmother.
Komninos is an australian with a greek background. when he was young he got called a wog and he got teased for being a wog and got told to go back to his country. but komninos was born in richmond melbourne. In his poem he tells his readers that he is australain and no one believs him.
