Imagine there was an invasion today. The people bring diseases and unknown creatures and foods. They discard your beliefs, belongings and way of life. They take you away to be brought up like them and treat you unfairly, or even worse getting murdered. Imagine this happening to you, all because of the colour of your skin. As sad as it is, this was all a reality for the Aboriginals when the European settled in Australia. The Aboriginals strived for the day where they could be treated like white people. This is the topic of the poem “Song of Hope” by Kath Walker, or, Oodgeroo. The poem was published in the 1960’s. It was set in Australia around the time it was published, as Aboriginals were discriminated against quite freely at the time.
Oodgeroo was born on the third of November, 1920, on North Stradbroke Island. She was part of the Noonuccal tribe. Although known best for her poetry, she was also a political activist, an artist, an educator and a campaigner for Aboriginal rights. …show more content…
This can be seen through the first line “Look up, my people.” This suggests that she is talking to a crowd. This seems to continue throughout the poem. The last stanza is the most powerful as it speaks of the sorrow of the past generations and the hope for the future generations.
The name itself, “Song of Hope”, gives away a little bit of what Oodgeroo is trying is to say. It lets you know that of the text is to give hope, but hope for what? As the reader continuous to read, the mystery begins to unravel itself. Ultimately, the poem speaks optimistically of hope of a brighter and fairer future for coming generations of Aboriginals, after several years of racial tension between indigenous and non-indigenous Australians. This message is obvious through lines such as “Points the bone no longer at a darker race, / Now brood no more”, and “Nor colour shame
Oodgeroo was born on the third of November, 1920, on North Stradbroke Island. She was part of the Noonuccal tribe. Although known best for her poetry, she was also a political activist, an artist, an educator and a campaigner for Aboriginal rights. …show more content…
This can be seen through the first line “Look up, my people.” This suggests that she is talking to a crowd. This seems to continue throughout the poem. The last stanza is the most powerful as it speaks of the sorrow of the past generations and the hope for the future generations.
The name itself, “Song of Hope”, gives away a little bit of what Oodgeroo is trying is to say. It lets you know that of the text is to give hope, but hope for what? As the reader continuous to read, the mystery begins to unravel itself. Ultimately, the poem speaks optimistically of hope of a brighter and fairer future for coming generations of Aboriginals, after several years of racial tension between indigenous and non-indigenous Australians. This message is obvious through lines such as “Points the bone no longer at a darker race, / Now brood no more”, and “Nor colour shame