The Dawn is at Hand Oodferoo Noonuccal (Kath Walker) (1 Viewer)

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Hey guys...i need help with interpreting this poem.like techniques and stuff are pretty limited
Any help would be greatly appreciated
thanks guys !
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Poem:

Dark brothers, first Australian race,
Soon you will take you rightful place
In the brotherhood long waited for,
Fringe -dwellers no more.

Sore, sore the tears you shed
When hope seemed folly and justice dead.
Was the long night weary? Look up, dark band,
The dawn is at hand

Go forward proudly and unafraid
To your birthright all too lond delayed,
For soon now the shame of the past
Will be over at last.

You will be welcomed mateship-wise
In industry and in enterprise;
No professon will bar the door,
Fringe-dwellers no more.

Dark and white uon common ground
In club and office and social round,
Yours the feel of a friendly land
Te grip of the hand

Sharing the same equality
In college and university,
All ambitions of hand or brain
Yours to attain.

For ban and bias will soon be gone,
The fuure beckons you braively on
To ar and letters and nation lore,
Fringe-dwellers no more

 

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Hey guys...i need help with interpreting this poem.like techniques and stuff are pretty limited
Any help would be greatly appreciated
thanks guys !
x

Poem:

Dark brothers, first Australian race,
Soon you will take you rightful place
In the brotherhood long waited for,
Fringe -dwellers no more.

Sore, sore the tears you shed
When hope seemed folly and justice dead.
Was the long night weary? Look up, dark band,
The dawn is at hand

Go forward proudly and unafraid
To your birthright all too lond delayed,
For soon now the shame of the past
Will be over at last.

You will be welcomed mateship-wise
In industry and in enterprise;
No professon will bar the door,
Fringe-dwellers no more.

Dark and white uon common ground
In club and office and social round,
Yours the feel of a friendly land
Te grip of the hand

Sharing the same equality
In college and university,
All ambitions of hand or brain
Yours to attain.

For ban and bias will soon be gone,
The fuure beckons you braively on
To ar and letters and nation lore,
Fringe-dwellers no more

SPECS and SLIMS it.

Subject: What the poem is about?

Purpose: Why the poem was written?

Emotions: The feelings expressed by the composer and responder.

Craftsmanship i.e. techniques:
Sounds - rhyme, syntax, word choice/syllables - read the poem aloud if you're stuck.
Language - second person narration, rhetorical questions, repetition etc.
Imagery - similes, metaphor, personification, symbolism, binary opposition.
Movement - rhythm, rhyme.
Structure - stanzas, length of poem/stanzas, length of lines.

Summary: Put it all together and determine what is says regarding belonging.

Best of luck, just keep analysing.