Eva Johnson and Oodgeroo Noonuccal utilise different poetic techniques to fully indulge the reader in a real and raw experience with loss of culture, loss of identity and the struggle of being the stolen generation. Both poets communicate their ideas vividly with an excellent usage of imagery and simile to fully allow the reader to visualise and compensate the topics explained in both poems.
In the poem We Are Going Oodgeroo Noonuccal uses an abundance of poetic devices to communicate her message of loss of cultural identity and home. The poem is depicting how the traditional way of life for the Indigenous people is being dominated by the western culture and lifestyle, the use of simile, imagery, and personification, help to let the reader …show more content…
Johnson articulates the struggles and heartbreak of being taken away from her mother at a budding age and the longing that Eva has to reconnect with her birth parent. The poem is devised in to three stanzas, they represent the three stages of Eva’s life however, concluding each stanza is “I not see you long time now, I not see you long time now.”(12) Which is depicting that there still is a lost child who is yearning for the nurture and wisdom of her mother. It is evident that frustration, hope and persistence are the preeminent emotions in the poem. Repetition, capitalisation and references to her ancestral culture all assist Johnson with communicating her story of being a child in the Stolen Generation. Johnson has chosen to compose her poem in Aboriginal English to show the connection that she has maintained with her culture. The Aboriginal English is most evident in the first stanza. Written from the perspective of a youthful girl, Johnson is perplexed why she has been seized from her mother by the government “Give me to Missionary to be Gods child. Give me new language give me new name All time I cry, they say- ‘that's shame’” (3/5), the use of capitalisation is noticeable in the poem, Johnson has selected the most outstanding places or persons that have affected her in her lifetime to capitalise. Capitalising missionary tells the reader that
In the poem We Are Going Oodgeroo Noonuccal uses an abundance of poetic devices to communicate her message of loss of cultural identity and home. The poem is depicting how the traditional way of life for the Indigenous people is being dominated by the western culture and lifestyle, the use of simile, imagery, and personification, help to let the reader …show more content…
Johnson articulates the struggles and heartbreak of being taken away from her mother at a budding age and the longing that Eva has to reconnect with her birth parent. The poem is devised in to three stanzas, they represent the three stages of Eva’s life however, concluding each stanza is “I not see you long time now, I not see you long time now.”(12) Which is depicting that there still is a lost child who is yearning for the nurture and wisdom of her mother. It is evident that frustration, hope and persistence are the preeminent emotions in the poem. Repetition, capitalisation and references to her ancestral culture all assist Johnson with communicating her story of being a child in the Stolen Generation. Johnson has chosen to compose her poem in Aboriginal English to show the connection that she has maintained with her culture. The Aboriginal English is most evident in the first stanza. Written from the perspective of a youthful girl, Johnson is perplexed why she has been seized from her mother by the government “Give me to Missionary to be Gods child. Give me new language give me new name All time I cry, they say- ‘that's shame’” (3/5), the use of capitalisation is noticeable in the poem, Johnson has selected the most outstanding places or persons that have affected her in her lifetime to capitalise. Capitalising missionary tells the reader that