Ali Cobby Dickermann Flashcards

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Concept 1

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Nature Enhances

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(P1) Technique 1

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Personification - Ghost gums begin to dance

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(P1) Analysis/Objective 1

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Reflects the tree’s lack of control of its own physical form against nature. To highlight the individual’s inability to control all events that surround her as nature takes its course.

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(P1) Technique 2

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Visual Imagery - hunched in her possum skin cloak

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(P1) Analysis/Objective 2

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Reflects the importance of nature in her cultural identity as indicated through her wearing of animal skins. This emphasises how the circle of life is of equal importance for both Aboriginal people and nature.

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Concept 2

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Loss Reveals

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(P2) Technique 1

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Personification - the yellow kiss of the sun

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(P2) Analysis/Objective 1

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This reflects that their love for each other still lives in the natural world. mother earth reclaims the physical forms in Aboriginal culture.

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(P2) Technique 2

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Enjambment - the lack of punctuation in the entire poem

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(P2) Analysis/Objective 2

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Represents the pain fuelled through nature reminding her of her husband’s death. Reflects the role nature plays in representing Aboriginal’s journey to the afterlife in the living world.

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Concept 3

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Community Shapes

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(P3) Technique 1

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Metaphor - “In my mind the horizon is formed by him even at this distance I know that”

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(P3) Analysis/Objective 1

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Expresses the emotional bond between people within the community even after death. Illustrates the communal value of the natural world as the individual’s father is now at peace.

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(P3) Technique 2

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Symbolism - pronouns, him, he his

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(P3) Analysis/Objective 2

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Reveals her certainty and comfort in nature as she acknowledges the tree as her deceased father. Reveals the way her community has influenced her belief in the natural world playing a role in the afterlife

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