Peter Skrzynecki's Song 'Stairway To Heaven'

During my speech I will talk to you about belonging and how the themes are used in Peter Skrzynecki’s poems, Ancestors and 10 Mary St. The related text I have chosen is a poster with song lyrics on it. The poster is of the song ‘Stairway to Heaven’ by Led Zeppelin. I decided this text was appropriate because of the meanings in the lyrics.
Peter Skrzynecki was born in Germany in 1945. He is of polish background and has immigrated to Australia with his parents at four years of age.
Belonging can take shape in many different forms, whether it be positive or negative. You could be a member of a group, have a personal relationship with somebody or even just feel connected to hold the feeling of belonging.
Throughout Skrzynecki’s poems, he demonstrates a wide variety of his personal experiences of how he either felt that he belonged or felt alienated and excluded.
He feels as if he is and will always be related to his ancestors, but is confused and uncertain about them, through his own personal depiction. In stanza 1 he writes “Who are these shadows that hang over me in a dream?” which shows that he knows little about them. Another quote – “What secretes do they whisper into the darkness?” gives the idea that they might know more about him that he does them, giving him a feeling of disconnection from his familys past. If you might have noticed, at the beginning of most stanzas, Skrzynecki asks an un-answered question aimed at the past of his ancestors. Again this conveys his strong uncertainty about who his ancestors really