Feliks Skrzynecki
FELIKS SKRZYNECKI:
Places affect our sense of belonging through traditions and vogues.
1. Feliks Skrzynecki is a poem about the authors (Peter Skrzyneckis’) stepfather. The poem demonstrates the strong feeling of belonging Peter feels with his family. However it also expresses the detachment Peter feels from his cultural heritage. This is shown in the lines ‘Remnants of a language I inherited unknowingly’. The use of first person (‘I’) through out the poem is used to show the perception that Peter has of his father, and how he always compares himself to his father. In stanza 3 we get the sense that Peter does not feel as if he belongs with his father and his fathers’ friends, ‘That formal address I never got used to’. The entire poem reveals a sense of regret from Peter, perhaps for not having to deal with the war and other difficulties like his father, as well as regret of losing his Polish heritage.
Our perception creates a place where we belong
2. Feliks Skrzynecki did not learn English when he moved to Australia and requires Peter to be a translator, causing difficulties assimilating. “Did you father even attempt to learn English?” a rude Department Clark remarked to Peter. However this did not bring Feliks down, he did not give in to Australia society of consumerism. Instead he grew his own garden and created his own sanctuary of security, and health. The simile “Loved his garden like an only child”, proposes a great sense of pride in his garden, perhaps because he feels he belongs here. “Spent years walking its parameter”, suggests that Feliks was always spending time in his garden and not with Peter, perhaps the garden reminded him of his beloved Poland.
MIGRANT HOSTEL:
Places affect our sense of belonging through traditions and vogues. 1. World war two caused a diaspora of all immigrants, and Australia was inviting people to Australia to boost the economy. Migrant Hostel, another of Peter Skrzyneckis’ poems, has an underlying tone of
Places affect our sense of belonging through traditions and vogues.
1. Feliks Skrzynecki is a poem about the authors (Peter Skrzyneckis’) stepfather. The poem demonstrates the strong feeling of belonging Peter feels with his family. However it also expresses the detachment Peter feels from his cultural heritage. This is shown in the lines ‘Remnants of a language I inherited unknowingly’. The use of first person (‘I’) through out the poem is used to show the perception that Peter has of his father, and how he always compares himself to his father. In stanza 3 we get the sense that Peter does not feel as if he belongs with his father and his fathers’ friends, ‘That formal address I never got used to’. The entire poem reveals a sense of regret from Peter, perhaps for not having to deal with the war and other difficulties like his father, as well as regret of losing his Polish heritage.
Our perception creates a place where we belong
2. Feliks Skrzynecki did not learn English when he moved to Australia and requires Peter to be a translator, causing difficulties assimilating. “Did you father even attempt to learn English?” a rude Department Clark remarked to Peter. However this did not bring Feliks down, he did not give in to Australia society of consumerism. Instead he grew his own garden and created his own sanctuary of security, and health. The simile “Loved his garden like an only child”, proposes a great sense of pride in his garden, perhaps because he feels he belongs here. “Spent years walking its parameter”, suggests that Feliks was always spending time in his garden and not with Peter, perhaps the garden reminded him of his beloved Poland.
MIGRANT HOSTEL:
Places affect our sense of belonging through traditions and vogues. 1. World war two caused a diaspora of all immigrants, and Australia was inviting people to Australia to boost the economy. Migrant Hostel, another of Peter Skrzyneckis’ poems, has an underlying tone of