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Oodgeroo Noonuccal Poem Context
Poems can have a lot of context in them, they can include personal, historical and cultural context. In Oodgeroo Noonuccal poems ‘son of mine’ and ‘then and now’ shows the personal, historical and cultural context. Throughout this essay will take a look at the features of her personal, historical and cultural context in her poems.

Oodgeroo poems ‘son of mine’ and ‘then and now’ shows clear components of her personal context. In the poem ‘son of mine’ has a lot of her personal context, when reading this it gives us an allusion to reconciliation and he personal life, this is also the case for the poem ‘then and now’. These poem uses the techniques of persona and similes. The subtitle to the poem ‘son of mine’ is “to Denis” this makes it very
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