Peter Skrzynecki Immigrant Chronicle Analysis
The anthology, ‘immigrant chronicle’, by Peter Skrzynecki, effectively explores the main aspects of the migrant experience by using his personal experiences as a child migrating to Australia as well as his immediate family. Poems such as crossing the red sea and immigrants at central station encapsulates the physical and emotional hardships that migrants experienced in a reliable and honest way.
Skrzynecki’s poem, Crossing the red sea, reflects on the sense of freedom that the migrants felt after fleeing from the war torn countries and also their openness to share each other’s experiences of war. This is evident in the poem when Skrzynecki uses personification “voices left their caves and silence fell from its shackles” to emphasis on the
Skrzynecki’s poem, Crossing the red sea, reflects on the sense of freedom that the migrants felt after fleeing from the war torn countries and also their openness to share each other’s experiences of war. This is evident in the poem when Skrzynecki uses personification “voices left their caves and silence fell from its shackles” to emphasis on the