Good morning/Good afternoon boys and girls aboriginal elders and Mrs. Brown Andrew Barton "Banjo" Paterson (17 February 1864 – 5 February 1941) was an Australian bush poet‚ journalist and author. He wrote many ballads and poems about Australian life‚ focusing particularly on the rural and outback areas‚ including the district around Bin-along‚ New South Wales‚ where he spent much of his childhood. Banjo Paterson’s‚ ‘We’re all Australians now’ was published in 1915. His largely optimistic and patriotic
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of the Overflow is a well known bush poem by poet AB “Banjo” Paterson. Clancy of the overflow is about a person from the city who met a drover/ shearer named Clancy. After meeting him he becomes jealous of Clancy’s lifestyle which is better than his city life. In this poem Banjo uses a variety of poetic devices to get his message across like the use of suggestive language‚ descriptive language and imagery. Banjo uses suggestive language to make the reader realise
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music‚ films and foods. The bush was something that was uniquely Australian and very different to the European landscapes familiar to many new immigrants. The bush was revered as a source of national ideals by the likes of Henry Lawson and Banjo Paterson. Romanticising the bush in this way was a big step forward for Australians in their steps towards self-identity. The legacy is a folklore rich in the spirit of the bush. Folklore‚ 1790s - 1890s Many Australian myths and legends have emanated
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the Snowy River” by Banjo Paterson. I realised that whenever I am trying rigidly identify images of Australia‚ I always fall into the trap of perceiving it based on stereotypes from the social media and other online resources‚ such as Australia is just one big red desert and all Australians live by beach. So‚ from now on get rid of those generalisations and carry on reading. “Australia is a country with desert or semi-arid
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emotions such a strong poem. Poetic devices: Selections of similes such as “Hair as while as snow” and “like a torrent down its bed” were also used together with imagery techniques to create a brighter picture of the set and characters in the story. Banjo Paterson used these devices to create a powerful and expressive visual of the harsh Australian countryside‚ which help to build a picture of Australia. Alliteration is also used in “Stocks whip with a sharp a sudden” and “thunder of thread” to make the
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African literature From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia African literature refers to literature of and from Africa. While the European perception of literature generally refers to written letters‚ the African concept includes oral literature(or "orature"‚ in the term coined by Ugandan scholar Pio Zirimu).[1] As George Joseph notes in his chapter on African literature in Understanding Contemporary Africa‚ whereas European views of literature often stressed a separation of art and content‚ African
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the use of language techniques it is made obvious that everyone has distinctive voices and by exploring and analyzing different people’s voices it is easy to realize that they convey everything you need to know about a person. Undoubtedly Andrew Paterson‚ Kylie Mole‚ Martin Luther King Jr. and Earl Spencer’s texts demonstrate their distinctive voices through their beliefs and contexts‚ creating an underlying meaning. It is with each and every word that these characters create meaning through their
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CLANCY OF THE OVERFLOW - A.B. "Banjo" Paterson I had written him a letter which I had‚ for want of better Knowledge‚ sent to where I met him down the Lachlan‚ years ago‚ He was shearing when I knew him‚ so I sent the letter to him‚ Just "on spec"‚ addressed as follows: "Clancy‚ of The Overflow". And an answer came directed in a writing unexpected‚ (And I think the same was written in a thumbnail dipped in tar) ’Twas his shearing mate who wrote it‚ and verbatim I will quote it:
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The change in representations of minorities in Australian Literature Australian literature consists of many representations of the ‘Australian way of life’ that are constructed by numerous national stereotypes. Various critics argue that the current literary representations of the average Australian do not embrace enough cultural diversity through the incorporation of indigenous people‚ females and ethnic communities. The representations of Australian people have changed dramatically over a
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“The Man from Ironbark” By A.B Patterson ‘The man from Ironbark’ is a humorous poem by Banjo Patterson. It is a ballad about a man from Ironbark who wants to get his hair and beard shaved in Sydney. This is so when he goes back to Ironbark he’ll be a ‘man or mark’. Unfortunately for him the barber there likes to play ‘tricks’ on people. The barber shaved his beard then dipped the razor in boiling water. Using the back of the razor he slashes it across his neck making the Man from Ironbark believe
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