impact on its meaning and how it is perceived by the audience. In Oodgeroo Noonuccal’s poem Assimilation – No!‚ the poem explores the belief that when English settlers came‚ all their cultural traditions were destroyed. The poem calls on Indigenous people to remember who they are and not to lose sight of their traditions. Assimilation – No – No! has 1 stanza and 22 lines‚ with every 4th line getting smaller. By doing so‚ Oodgeroo Noonuccal conveys and makes a regular line more powerful‚ evoking emotion
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its meaning and how it is perceived by the audience. In Oodgeroo Noonuccal’s poem Assimilation – No!‚ the poem explores the belief that when English settlers came‚ all their cultural traditions were destroyed. The poem calls on Indigenous people to remember who they are and not to lose sight of their traditions. Assimilation – No – No! has one stanza and twenty-two lines‚ with every fourth line getting smaller. By doing so‚ Oodgeroo Noonuccal conveys and makes a regular line more powerful‚ evoking
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Good morning 10.06. Oodgeroo Noonuccal‚ an Australian poet‚ uses her work to convey aspects of Australian experience. Noonuccal’s poems are mainly focused on her own perspective of the culture and beliefs of both the aboriginal people and white Australians‚ the racial discrimination that the Aborigines suffered and their peoples spirituality. Oodgeroo uses language and poetic techniques repetition‚ colloquial language‚ metaphors etc. to portray this. No more boomerang compares the differences
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contrasting a poem and song. The poem ‘No More Boomerang’ written by Oodgeroo Noonuccal and the song ‘I Still Call Australia Home’ composed by Peter Allen‚ are two pieces of writing which comment specifically on Australian society and culture. Oodgeroo Noonuccal‚ or also known as Kath Walker‚ was an Aboriginal Australian poet‚ political activist‚ artist and educator. Born 1920 on Stradbroke Island‚ she grew up as a member of the Noonuccal tribe. The theme for much of her poetry talks about the destructive
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Shashi Tharoor 1956- is an influential academic with strong ideas opposing colonisation and what the effects of colonisation are‚ stating‚ “The process of Colonisation meant. Ruin to millions. and the Obliteration of identity and self-respect.”. Oodgeroo Noonuccal’s poem We Are Going and Ali Eckermann’s Thunder Raining Poison excellently demonstrate these ideas through masterful use of juxtaposition and emotive language of the effects of colonisation such as the loss of land and the destruction of
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‘A Song of Hope’ was written by Oodgeroo of the tribe Noonuccal‚ at a time when Aboriginals were being distinguished against because of their skin colour and traditions. This poem speaks optimistically of a brighter future for the coming generations of people with different skin colour or traditions including the Aboriginals. The subject matter the poem is racism and freedom for the Aboriginals and others who have different colored skins from others or Native Australians. The theme the poem is the
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Oodgeroo Noonaccal was an Australian poet‚ artist and educator. She was also a campaigner for aboriginal rights. Oodgeroo was well known for her poetry and in this analysis three of her poems will be looked into. The first poem that will be looked into that was written by Oodgeroo is called ‘We Are Going’. This poem is about the spirituality of the aboriginals. “We are the strangers here now‚ but the white tribe are the strangers” line 8‚ suggests that the white people have arrived in the aboriginals’
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------------------------------------------------- Cesar Torrente Legaspi Cesar Legaspi on April 2‚ 1917 in Tondo‚ Manila (1917–1994) is a Filipino National Artist awardee in painting. He was also an art director prior to going full-time in his visual art practice in the 1960s. His early (1940s-1960s) works‚ alongside those of peer‚ Hernando Ocampo are described as depictions of anguish and dehumanization of beggars and laborers in the city. These include Man and Woman (alternatively known as Beggars)
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ArtistsReflection on 4 Artists 1 Tree: What important concept does 4 Artists Paint 1 Tree convey concerning the perception and expression of objective‚ observable things? (The tree) The important concept that I picked up on was that though all of these varied views are put onto a tree that the artist’s perspectives and individualistic views are what are important. By the creativity behind how the artists pushed the bounds of how a tree is normally perceived and instead viewed the tree in a
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Belonging is explored in various modes‚ in particular the poem ‘We Are Going” by Oodgeroo Noonccal published in 1964. The text conveys the time of strife for the Aboriginal people as the white people colonised the land in the year 1606. The mode of poetry is used to express the voice for Indigenous people at the time of struggle and justice. Various techniques are used to convey the meaning of belonging and not belonging. The Aboriginal people have a sense of belonging as they have an original
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