In his poem “William Street”, Slessor use language that appeals to the senses. He does this in order to allow us to go on the journey with him and experience it through his eyes. Slessor appeals to our sight when he says, ‘The pulsing arrows and the running fire spilt on stones.’ From this we imagine arrows pulsing on and off and the lights of pubs and bars streaming across the street, making it seem alive and bustling with people. In the third stanza Slessor appeals to our sense of taste and smell though the use of alliteration to enable us to view the scene as though we were there. He says, ‘Smells rich and rasping, smoke and fat and fish.’ Here we visualise inhaling the rich, pungent smells and tasting the unpleasantness of it. Slessor then
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She displays how the Aboriginal way of life was destroyed and replaced by European traditions. Kath Walker says, ‘No more boomerang No more spear; Now all civilised-Colour bar and beer,’ meaning that the Aboriginal culture and way of life have been cast aside and are now replaced with white culture . She also uses irony to point out that Aboriginal people were regarded as uncivilised and the new ‘civilized’ way of life has created issues for them that did not exist before white settlement. Kath Walker also points out that clash of cultures and loss of the old traditional ways. This is evident when she says, ‘No more corroboree, gay dance and din. Now we got movies, and pay to go in.’ Here she states that the traditional dances and stories they used to listen to for free have now been replaced by modern movies that you have to pay to watch. Kath Walker shows how the white man 's ways are driven by commercialism as people buy things they can not afford. She says, ‘No more gunya, now bungalow, paid by hire purchase in twenty year or so,’ indicating that they no longer have their traditional homes to live in, but have to live in houses that they pay rent for over a long period of time. Kath Walker describes the challenges that European civilisation has brought and how they affected the Aboriginal people’s lives and
She displays how the Aboriginal way of life was destroyed and replaced by European traditions. Kath Walker says, ‘No more boomerang No more spear; Now all civilised-Colour bar and beer,’ meaning that the Aboriginal culture and way of life have been cast aside and are now replaced with white culture . She also uses irony to point out that Aboriginal people were regarded as uncivilised and the new ‘civilized’ way of life has created issues for them that did not exist before white settlement. Kath Walker also points out that clash of cultures and loss of the old traditional ways. This is evident when she says, ‘No more corroboree, gay dance and din. Now we got movies, and pay to go in.’ Here she states that the traditional dances and stories they used to listen to for free have now been replaced by modern movies that you have to pay to watch. Kath Walker shows how the white man 's ways are driven by commercialism as people buy things they can not afford. She says, ‘No more gunya, now bungalow, paid by hire purchase in twenty year or so,’ indicating that they no longer have their traditional homes to live in, but have to live in houses that they pay rent for over a long period of time. Kath Walker describes the challenges that European civilisation has brought and how they affected the Aboriginal people’s lives and