political cartoon MV Cormo Express (SMH 28/10/03)‚ about the stranded sheep in the middle of the ocean‚ and also the bookcover for Victor Kelleher’s Ivory Trail. Often journeys have an element of a lack of choice. In ’Immigrants at Central station’‚ Skrzynecki uses simile to describe their restricted freedom writing‚ ’like a word of command’. There is a sense of irony here‚ that having escaped their oppressive homeland‚ their destination still limits their freedom. They are forced to endure poor weather
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of Australian poet Peter Skrzynecki’s poems from the “Immigrant Chronicle”. In particular‚ “Migrant Hostel” which clearly identifies the hardships experienced by one being a migrant in a new country trying to find a place to belong‚ and “Feliks Skrzynecki” which demonstrates the sense of belonging in regards to a child/parent relationship. The poem opens with “my gentle father”‚ the possessive pronoun “my” expresses the relationship‚ the belonging the father and son feel together. The positive
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MIGRANT HOSTEL: * More discussion of language and poetic divices used in migrant hostel * Comparison simile: homing pigeon‚ * Darkness of the way that second stanza ends “partitioned of at night by memories of hunger and hate; just about the memories of being haunted by the trauma of war. * During the day the refugees are like homing pigeons‚ trying to find their own people but then they’re separation in the conclusion of the stanza * Emotional complexity in this poem is very
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home. To Peter‚ a child himself‚ the garden is a source of nourishment‚ and he ravages it “like a hungry bird”‚ eating from its fruit until he is “bursting at the seams”; a colloquial term that reinforces the sense of change and assimilation. Skrzynecki creates a contrast between the ‘inside’ and the ‘outside’ of the family home and garden; where the ‘inside’ demonstrates warmth and security‚ particularly through the use of positive natural descriptions of the garden. The house‚ with “its china-blue
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Write a paragraph about ‘St Patrick’s College’ and belonging say what it says about belonging and the language feature used The poem ‘St Patrick’s College’ by Peter Skrzynecki describes his school years at the Catholic college in Edgar Street Strathfield. This is an important part of Peter Skrzynecki’s life‚ a time when he was trying to fit in‚ to assimilate‚ to belong. Double use of the possessive in the first line ‘impressed by the uniforms of her employer’s sons mother enrolled me at St Pat’s’
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their feelings‚ through confusion of being given a new start‚ in a new country. A country where the language barrier between a migrant and a native‚ make this challenge even more taunting. The poem ‘Immigrants at central station’ written by Peter Skrzynecki expresses that migrants are invisible in the representation of Australia. The poet sets a dark and gloomy scene‚ with many immigrants waiting to begin
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highlights the persona’s disrespect for the school and his lack of immediate adoption of the school’s ideals. Thus‚ the persona is alienated and a sense of acceptance is not developed within the institution. Through the simile ‘like a foreign tourist’‚ Skrzynecki portrays the persona’s disaffection for the school. The diction ‘tourist’ suggests that the persona is an outsider and a connection to place has not yet been developed. This idea is further reinforced by the repetition of ‘8 years’ which emphasises
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simile “Like adopted children” conveys to the audience the care the family has for their possessions; the care and love the family has towards their garden allow Peter to feel a sense of togetherness and cohesion within his family. Also‚ in the poem‚ Skrzynecki introduces the motif of the key to symbolize the composer’s close relationship with
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insight on peter Srkzynecki history and life experiences. In his poems he first looks at the life of his father‚ Felix Srkzynecki. Peter Srkzynecki uses his father as an anchor‚ whilst tussling with his own sense of belonging within the world. Feliks Skrzynecki is constructed by the poet (his son) as a “gentle father”‚ dedicated and hard working. The dedication to his garden is expressed with a simile-“like an only child”… as he walks its perimeters and “sweeps its paths‚ ten times around the world”‚ as
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reflects especially‚ towards the emotional trauma that is associated with immigrating to another country. Skrzynecki’s use of rubric as the focus‚ turns towards the “shirtless...Barefooted” people on the ship as he evokes a sense of severe poverty. Skrzynecki also quotes‚ “sunken eyes” and “Red banners” which is associated with their past sufferings that they have encountered during the war. However their suffering has been eased by the calmness of the Red Sea. “Crossing the Red Sea” is similar to “The
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