by Allen Curnow

Why did the poet entitled the poem, “Continuum”?

What does he mean by this use of the term?

“All poems are rash acts”

What is the role of irony in the poem? Are there examples of personification? Is the tone the same throughout the poem? What is the extended metaphor and what is

its significance? What is the effect of enjambment in the

poem? Explore the meaning in the final

sentence/stanza.