In Baxters two poems, He Waiata mo Te Kare and The Ballad of Calvary Street, his singular views on two differing circumstances of marriage are expressed

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Poetry is the expression of a poet’s singular outlook.

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“Poetry is the expression of a poet’s singular outlook” – I wholly agree with this statement. A poet’s work is affected by the factors that influence him or her, for example, their religion, their upbringing, their ethnicity, their social status, and many others. Their poetry is an expression of their view on the world, and their thoughts and perceptions of certain aspects of life. A person’s outlook on the world is totally unique, as everybody has had different experiences and obstacles that have shaped them into who they are, thus, a poet’s work is the result of thoughts that are totally singular, unique and different to that of anyone else. James K. Baxter’s poetry, for example, is an expression of himself and the thoughts and perceptions he has that are totally unique to him, as seen in He Waiata mo Te Kare, and The Ballad of Calvary Street. In each, his views on different aspects of the world are expressed, and are the result of experiences which are totally singular to him and have affected him in ways that could never be identical to anyone in the same position.

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In James K. Baxter’s piece He Waiata mo Te Kare, his views on love, particularly for his ex-wife, Jacqueline Sturm are expressed. He and his wife were divorced after nine years of marriage, and Baxter’s feelings on this separation and his desire to rekindle the relationship they abandoned are expressed in this poem. In the third section of the piece, he makes described a sight which reminded him of Jacqueline:

“I have seen at evening

Two ducks fly down

To a pond together.”

Later in the piece, he again makes reference to himself and Jacqueline as birds.

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