Then And Now, By Oodgeroo Noonuccal
Let’s talk about the poem Then and Now. This poem is about how non-indigenous people have taken over the land and have changed the way it is used.The Poet Oodgeroo Noonuccal comparing the past to the present and reflecting on how different her life is now. In comparison to how it was then. For example,
“In my dreams I hear my tribe Laughing as they hunt and swim, But dreams are shattered by rushing car, By grinding tram and hissing train, And I see no more my tribe of old”.
People write poems for various reasons.The purpose of this poem is that the poet wants us to learn how special the past was to her and how the present has destroyed that past. It’s like a movie series you really like. But in the next season the producers decide that they will change the setting from steampunk to futuristic. In most times, …show more content…
I feel this is meant to express how the factory’s smoke goes all over the land.
Now let’s talk about the stanzas. A stanza is a group of lines in a poem. The poem has 2 stanzas overall. The first stanza has 17 lines and the second stanza has 10 lines. In comparison to other poems this is a lot of lines per stanza, for example “Ode to Uluru” by Michelle Williams has 4 lines in the first 4 stanzas.
So what language does the poem use? The poet has used a lot of repetition. This is when you repeat words and phrases to give them emphasis, it can also be used as part of the musical pattern of a poem. She uses repetition to push her point for example she says the word “now” a lot and it is referring to how so much is different now to how it was then. She also says the word “I” many times emphasising how the change has affected her. Alliteration is also used throughout the poem. Alliteration is a sequence of words beginning with the same sound. Alliteration is used a lot to make the poem sound better and flow better this works very well with the repetition. An example of Alliteration is
“Traffic and trade of the busy
“In my dreams I hear my tribe Laughing as they hunt and swim, But dreams are shattered by rushing car, By grinding tram and hissing train, And I see no more my tribe of old”.
People write poems for various reasons.The purpose of this poem is that the poet wants us to learn how special the past was to her and how the present has destroyed that past. It’s like a movie series you really like. But in the next season the producers decide that they will change the setting from steampunk to futuristic. In most times, …show more content…
I feel this is meant to express how the factory’s smoke goes all over the land.
Now let’s talk about the stanzas. A stanza is a group of lines in a poem. The poem has 2 stanzas overall. The first stanza has 17 lines and the second stanza has 10 lines. In comparison to other poems this is a lot of lines per stanza, for example “Ode to Uluru” by Michelle Williams has 4 lines in the first 4 stanzas.
So what language does the poem use? The poet has used a lot of repetition. This is when you repeat words and phrases to give them emphasis, it can also be used as part of the musical pattern of a poem. She uses repetition to push her point for example she says the word “now” a lot and it is referring to how so much is different now to how it was then. She also says the word “I” many times emphasising how the change has affected her. Alliteration is also used throughout the poem. Alliteration is a sequence of words beginning with the same sound. Alliteration is used a lot to make the poem sound better and flow better this works very well with the repetition. An example of Alliteration is
“Traffic and trade of the busy