Woolshed
A single specific moment in time –
Invokes a sense of being there, of the place, people, smells etc..
imagery, alliteration, rhythm, present tense direct address.
complex sentence patterns, but also use simple sentences for effect.
You.
Progression of time.
Stop. Listen. Look. Hush. Close your eyes. etc.. other imperative words
Smells:
– heavy lingering smoke
– sheep/wool/lanolin
– sweat
– dusty
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Sounds:
– loud music reverberating and rattling the rafters
– but outside, hush. The world is sleeping
– blade shearing, peaceful, soft, like a dance
– chatter
– laughing
– dogs barking in the yards
– People
– sheep
– the sound of the shearing blades being sharpened
– the slicing of the blade through wool
– the clicking of the counter
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Sight:
– worn out wooden boards where the shearers stand all day
-corrugated iron
– spider webs strung out on the rafters
– fleeces being thrown in the air
– bits of wool stuck on your clothes, in your hair
– rippling back muscles, sweat beads in their hair, on their backs.
– dewy
– ‘ with each glide of the handpiece along the sheep, you are closer to the end of the day’.
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– shearers are moving with grace and skill, dancing with the sheep
– rousies throwing fleeces through the sky
– dustlight/ wool pieces
– chasing the sun
– the old worn out couches leaned in the corner, where people go to have a smoke
– Early morning (6 am) before the sun has risen , ground is still frozen.
– Can see your breath
– Windows wide open to bring in air . Cool air filtering in
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– dustlight floating/catching the sun. Filtering in
– naked sheep out into the cool
Feels like:
– Hard work paying off
– Long days
– Everyone drinking speights at the end and laughing
– sleepy earth still slumbering, the birds not yet rising.
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– reading a book in a wool bin
– cushioned by wool
– drinking tea at smoko time
– the greasy feel of wool under your hands
– peaceful happy times
– sitting on the bales and observing the dance
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Time passing could be passing of the workday from early morning to smoko