1. LIFESAVER By
ELIZABETH RIDDELL
(1910 – 1998)
The title LIFESAVER has a number of connotations, especially in Australia.
List some of these….
What is ironic about the title in the context of the poem ?

2. List all of the phrases that make reference to a positive connotation of the sea and the beach.

3. In juxtaposition to a bright, sunny day at the beach, list the phrases that reference gloom.

4. Surf Lifesaving can be a very ritualistic/ceremonial organisation
Surf Lifesaving can be a very ritualistic/ceremonial organisation. Quote some lines where this aspect is connoted in the poem.

5. What does the poet mean by : He is one now with ships And the bones of pirate bands.

6. Thin brother death List all of the ways in Has him by the throat which this ending On the sand, in the sun. emphasises the sheer horror of death.