Peter Skrzynecki uses poems and poetic techniques to effectively reflect on his past life in order to try and gain a better understanding of his present and future life. Two poems that really stood out to me were that of “10 Mary Street” and “St Patricks College”. Both poems reflect the area of study we have been looking at “Belonging”. Each poem uses poetic techniques such as: Structure Similes Metaphors Imagery Alliteration First person Starting with “10 Mary Street” I believe
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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
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Feliks Skrzynecki‚ composed by Peter Skrzynecki‚ is an affectionate‚ yet puzzled poem of the persona’s father‚ as seen through the eyes of the composer. The first stanza beings with the line‚ ‘My gentle father’ showing the reader that not only does this show some sort of affection and admiration the composer had for his father‚ but also some detachment. In the verse‚ it states the father’s devotion to his tasks stems from his sense of belonging to his garden; ‘Loved his garden like an only child’
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“Feliks Skrzynecki” although a paean of admiration for his father‚ reveals a growing disconnection between the two. The poem reflects aspects of post World War Two life for migrants in Australia‚ providing a viewpoint from the influx of migrants from the war-torn countries of Europe and the racism they endured under the White Australia Policy. This racism is manifested through the clerk’s ignorant question ‘Did your father ever attempt to learn English?’ Ironically‚ it is the clerk who is demeaned
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Peter Skrzynecki is of Polish/Ukrainian background and was born in 1945‚ in Germany‚ shortly before the end of World War II. He emigrated to Australia in 1949 with his parents. Most of Skrzynecki’s poems are about his life and the change that he has experienced from moving to a different country. In 1951 the family moved to Sydney‚ to the working-class suburb of Regents Park‚ where a home had been purchased at 10 Mary Street. The poem “10 Mary Street” represents change as it shows the comparison
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Skrzynecki Feliks Skrzynecki Feliks Skrzynecki is the poet’s father and this poem is a tribute to his dignity and stoicism in the face of loss and hardship. Felix’s individual journey from Europe to Australia‚ from one culture to another‚ echoes through the poem and it is clear that the impact of the journey is as strong for the son as it is for the father. Feliks Skrzynecki is an individual physical and cultural journey experienced by Felik’s and narrated by Peter Skrzynecki. It seems Felix
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An individuals upbringing fabricates their social and cultural expectations which inevitably influences their ability to belong. The poem Feliks Skrzynecki‚ composed by Peter Skrzynecki depicts a nostalgic yet perplexedly negative description of the writers father. The readers are taken on a journey from Peters child-like admiration for his father to the pairs developing detachment throughout the poem. Peter and his father have contrasting social and cultural expectations as a result of their different
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negatively impact one’s sense of connection with others‚ hindering them negatively. Have you ever had a relationship with someone and then in the next breath it is gone‚ broken‚ destroyed? How did this situation impact you? The poem Feliks skrzynecki written by Peter skrzynecki‚ deals with the issue of the relationships between the generations and the adaption of migrants from an old European culture to the new Australian society. Through the poem we see the widening gap between father and son as the
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prescribed texts that I have used to identify the power of own choice‚ attitudes of others and external factors that influence a person’s sense of belonging; include two poems from Peter Skrzynecki’s ‘Immigrant Chronicle’‚ ‘Migrant Hostel’ and ‘Feliks Skrzynecki’. Another two related texts that I have identified to have significant meaning and relation to the statement‚ include Ian Kim’s watercolour painting ‘Alienation’ and an anonymous online feature article called ‘The challenge of being a Muslim
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’10 Mary Street’ Overview * The poem is about Skrzynecki’s relationship with his house where he spent his childhood at 10 Mary Street‚ Regents Park. This poem chronicles the day-to-day lives of the Skryznecki family in their new country. * Throughout the poem‚ the tone is one of empowerment and progress. Their home is a sanctuary‚ a safety net and protector for thee immigrants in an uncertain world. The house symbolizes the family unit’s connection during this ‘adaption’ process‚ which
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