This can be seen through .
the imagery used to remind the reader that there are no certainties when we .
open the door, just opportunities from the common and ordinary, "a tree", " a .
garden" to the fantastic and abstract, "magic city". What lies behind the door .
maybe different to possibilities and results of change. The change may be .
subtle like "the hollow wind," or as confronting as the stark "eye," or .
unexpected like the "magic city," or perhaps a new perspective through "the .
picture/of a picture." All these possibilities can give us a new and brighter .
perspective on life. The gentle, flowing rhythm of the poem reassure the .
reader that changes is a positive aspect of life. The repeated rhythm of the .
words, "Go and open the door" and "maybe," encourages the reader to at .
least seek change and open the door as there is still benefit in experiencing .
whatever we find, no matter how insignificant or momentous the finding is. No .
matter what we find and how we perceive it, the poem emphasises that "even .
if" we think "nothing/is there! At least/there'll be/ a draught," suggesting that .
we will feel something, even if it is just the movement of the door. The way, in .
which we open that door will ultimately decide how the opportunities and .
possibilities on the other side are going to effect us, in a positive way or a .
negative way, thus change being inevitable. .
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The poetry of Peter Skrzynecki is another example of how change is .
inevitable in everyone's life. The poem, Crossing the Red Sea is about .
migrants crossing the sea to enter a vibrant Australia from dark, cold Poland. .
As their journey across the sea continues, the migrants begin to leave their .
darkest memories behind them and start to change their perspectives towards .
a brighter future, as the metaphor, " Voices left their caves, " meaning the .
opened up their darkest caves and revealed their own old memories and .
perspectives to other migrants with them on the boat, thus accepting change .
