Australian Identity is Shaped by Distinct Images

AUSTRALIAN IDENTITY IS
SHAPED BY DISTINCT
IMAGES
Name of the student

WE ARE GOING BY OODGEROO
NOONUCCAL

THEME OF THE POEM
 Appeal to help the aboriginal people.
 Aboriginal people are neglected by the white people.
 Considered as strangers enough though they are the real
owners of the land (Kwapisz Williams, K., 2018)

TONE OF THE POEM
 Despair and anxious.
 Loss of hope.
 Loss of identity and freedom.
 Cultural disinheritance.

LANGUAGE OF THE POEM
 Personification in the sentence “ Thunderer after him, that
loud fellow”
 Simile in “ white men hurry like ants”

THE DAWN IS AT HAND BY KATH
WALKER

THEME OF THE POEM
 Attempt at changing the way people think about the
aboriginals.
 Talks about the future of the aboriginals.
 Equality of the aboriginals with the white people (Allen, C.,
2017).

TONE OF THE POEM
 Talks about the struggles of the aboriginals due to injustice.
 “ Dark brothers first Australian race” as a description of the
aboriginals.
 Toe changes as the poet talks about bright future of the
aboriginals.
 Message is hopeful for a bright future.

LANGUAGE OF THE POEM
 Lucid language that is comprehensible.
 Use of metaphors and repititions to send the message to the
audience.
 Repitition of the line “fringe dwellers no more” that sends a
message that the aboriginals would not be outcasts anymore.

COMPARISON
 Both talk about the state of the aboriginals in the country.
 Sense of despair and hopelessness in the first poem however,
there is hopefullness in the second poem.
 Usage of metaphors and similes to enhance the quality of the
poem.

CONCLUSION
 Emphasis on the Australian identity of aboriginals.
 They are just as important as the white Australians.
 The tones and the theme describe the state of the aboriginals
in the country.

REFERENCES
 Allen, C., 2017. Dreaming in the Present Progressive: Kath
Walker Across, Beyond, and Through an Indigenous
1964. Journal of the Association for the Study of Australian
Literature, 17(1), p.16.
 Kwapisz Williams, K., 2018. “While my name is remembered, I
teach”: Oodgeroo Noonuccal and cross-cultural storytelling for
children. Literatura Ludowa, (3).