The poem is written on behalf of the members of an Aboriginal tribe and is a farwell message to their home land. ... The dying of their culture due to the assimilation policy, is referred to within the poem. ... Furthermore, the poem confirms the persistance of the Aboriginals. The presence of their culture is evident throughout the poem as Noonuccal continually grieves the passing of their old ways. The phrase "We are Going" is referred to twice in the entire poem; the title and the last line. ...

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The mood shown in this poem becomes confusion and anger. The confusion is expressed all the way through the poem. E.K.B makes himself sound confused as the tone of the poem changes from raising a scene of his uncle working peacefully and the bringing to life of a sculpture, which would be seen as a happy part of the poem. But towards the end of the poem the tone changes to somewhat an angry mood. ... Confusion is also caused via the reader, as the structure of the poem is very unusual. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Of them, I liked the poems the best. ... A common theme for both the stories and the poems was that of the, for lack of a better word, name-dropping. ... My favorite poem wasSure you can ask me a personal question.? I thought that this poem was bluntly honest and concisely brutal without pushing too far the anger of the author. ... I thought at the end of the poem, her sarcastic, biting remarks helped establish her frustration. ...

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During my study of Consumerism I have found two related texts along with two of Dawes poems, which aim to criticise, caution, persuade and educate readers. ... "Enter So Much as Knocking" is a poem that both criticises and cautions readers to the nature of consumerism and the effects of a consumer society. ... The poem shows the life cycle of a man exposed to consumer culture and how meaningless his life was. ... This article is related to one of Dawes poems "Abandonment of Autos" as the theme of the poem is society's obsession with materialistic possession, the consumer culture and h...

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Yeats is an Irish poet who wrote many different poems. ... This poem was based around a love interest that Yeats had. ... This poem expresses the love the author has for this woman. ... Yeats poem really takes on this stereotype. ... Yeats' poem showed us the reality behind his love for another person: The stereotypical love poem. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

In the poems "Digging" and "Follower" by Seamus Heaney, we, the audience, are treated to a look into Irish culture and "place". We learn through the poems, that "digging" is indeed part of Irish culture, and was carried out by both the poet's father and grandfather. Through the poems we realise that new times call for a different type of digging, and thus we empathize with Heaney's choice in the pen, and not the spade. ... Another poem that details Heaney's youth and his father's digging is "Follower". ... The poems" show that "digging" is part of the Irish culture and ...

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In Soyinka's Abiku poem, almost every line is made up of cultural beliefs and practices as they relate to the Abiku child. ... Also, Soyinka writes his poem from the subject's point of view as a means of humanizing the character. ... However, Soyinka writes his poem in first person in order to make known to people the fact that Abiku children do exist and they are, in fact, human beings. ... There is no doubt that the poem emphasizes cultural and spiritual notions, especially through the child, however, the poem's use of words like "Mothers " (line 26) paints a human picture in...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Rodolfo Gonzales portrays the battle of culture and customs in a clashing society in his poignant poem " Yo soy Joaquin/I am Joaquin". ... The poem is told in a tone of hope and pride in and of his people and their need to endure and educate the youth culture. ... The trials and tribulations he endures living in a society that condemns him because of his cultural background make up the body of the poem. ... The stories in the context of the poem serve to spark hope in his children of their own abilities to keep their heritage alive. ... The last lines of the poem read, "I am the Aztec Prin...

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• Grade Level: High School

By the time stories began to be written down in the 8th century, the only surviving epic poem was Beowulf, which depicted the warrior culture of medieval England and Scandinavia. The poem follows the life, from childhood to death, of a warrior named Beowulf and simultaneously reflects the values of the society during this time period. Throughout the poem, many of the warrior culture's values are brought to attention, but the most significant to recur throughout this poem is generosity. ... Throughout the poem, there is one specific scene that portrays how crucial generosity is to the war...

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In Peter Skrzynecki poem 'Feliks Skrzynecki' the narrator tries to belong to a country he never knew and only belongs in the aspects which have been unknowingly passed down to him, by his bloodline and heritage. ... Similar to the ideals of belonging explored Peter Skrzynecki's poem 'Feliks Skrzynecki' they can also be seen in his poem 'Migrant Hostel' Simply by title shows the labelling as migrants immediately excludes the people from those in the society of which they have arrived, while Hostel connotates a temporary dwelling and an isolation or confin...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The poem "Day of the Bride- was written by Joy Kogawa, who is an award-winning Japanese Canadian author who often integrates ideas of culture and identity into her writing. The poem is heavily laden with historical Japanese imagery, culture and tradition. ... The main theme of the poem is the contrast between these preceding images and customs, the world we are living in today, and the dramatic passage between the two. ... Joy has now written a number of novels, poems and essays - one of which, titled Obasan, won multiple prestigious awards. ... The poem leaves you feeling a sort...

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This notion is portrayed in Peter Skrzynecki's poem, "10 Mary Street" (1975), through the family's ability to build and form a connection to their cultural heritage in a new country. However, in his poem "Migrant Hostel" (1975), the migrants' inability to relate to their physical and social environment due to their lack of empowerment results in their limited perception of belonging. ... In Skrzynecki's poem, "10 Mary Street," the family's ability to connect with the culture and spirituality of Poland has allowed them to establish a long-lasting sense of belonging to t...

• Word Count: 1116
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• Grade Level: Graduate

Peter Skrzynecki's poems, "10 Mary Street," and, "Feliks Skrzynecki," are two texts exploring belonging and different meanings through language techniques. ... Skrzynecki's poem, "Feliks Skrzynecki," explores the concept of belonging. ... This theme of not belonging is represented strongly in Peter Skrzynecki's poems. ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

I read a great poem in Chicken Soup for the Christian's Soul. ... Although my dream was to become a doctor staying in one place called "home," after reading this poem, I realized what I really want to do is to become a doctor in third world countries. ... The last line of the poem "That is why I made you" stuck in my mind and felt like God was talking to me. ...

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The poem is mainly about the difficulty she finds in fitting in with, or feeling a part of, either of the cultures, the Pakistani or the English. IN this respect, the poem is like: Search for My Tongue; from Unrelated Incidents; Half-Caste; and Ogun. ... The Hurricane described in the poem was that of the Great Storm in 1987, which brought great destruction and havoc to England and its landscape, particularly the trees. In the first verse of the poem, the persona stands outside the action and uses the pronouns, he and she. ...

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The poem "America" also speaks to dichotomy, the decision to come to America and continue to live here even though you hate it. It is a closed poem, a metaphor with emotions running raw throughout. ... This poem is so full of strength we can see the muscles bulging, glistening with sweat as the man works to survive, representative of love, hate, and the dichotomy of heaven or hell. ...

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Andrew Motion has claimed Larkin's poems " explore the gulf between deception and clear-sightedness, illusion and reality, and solitude and sociability- Larkin employs a range of linguistic and literary techniques to enhance continuing battle between illusion and reality, and in looking at "Sunny Prestatyn" and "Essential Beauty", Larkin also focuses on his discontent with modernism. ...

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IMHO, computer-related issues that involve an ethical dilemma are worthy of discussion among laymen and computer specialists alike. Particularly such discussions among computer-related specialists should be pursued because computer applications are almost ubiquitous in our urban lives (and...

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The narrator, been forced to memorize a poem about daffodils in her youth, cannot see the flower in the same simplicity Mariah does. ... The narrator points out, ""Do you realize that at ten years of age I had to learn by heart a long poem about some flowers I would not see in real life until I was nineteen"" (Kincaid 1221). ...

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The Ruler Gilgamesh, his legend developed in to a series of poems. ... The beginning of Greek History is noted with two very important epic poems, "The Iliad and The Odyssey." The writer of the poems if Homer, even though no one knows whom he is or if he even existed. ...

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It is generally agreed that language and culture are closely related and these two notions cannot be separated. People presenting different cultures speak different languages and sometimes, they speak the same language differently, using various dialects. While speaking, a person visualizes things t...

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He uses the matchless examples such as essays and poems of writers like Zhuangzi, Tao Qian, and etc. to contrast with the inflexible "eight-legged" prose style, and also promotes the national speech in literature so that everyone can "speak what you want to say and say it in the way you want to say it".2 This freedom in literary expression allows people to think independently and stirs up individualism in China. ...

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After reading and discussing the poems: "The New Colossus" by Emma Lazarus, "I Too" by Langston Hughes, and "I Hear America Singing" by Walt Whitman, I realize that culture is all around us. ...

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As Quincy writes poems, other writers should be able to write out where they came from and use their own cultures" word meanings and style of writing. ... This made me think of Tiffany Midges poem that further analyzed the word savage. ...

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The society is influenced by ethnic diversity in several ways that draw so much discourse in the current world. Diversity alters the societal character by redrawing racial and ethnic boundaries. It also promotes racial and ethnic identities that help to challenge negative images. Moreover, it introd...

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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate